Semi-Persistent Scheduling in High Frequency

ABSTRACT

A base station may transmit, to a wireless device, configuration parameters for semi-persistent scheduling (SPS), indicating periodic downlink resources for SPS physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmissions. The base station may transmit, to the wireless device, a downlink control information (DCI). The DCI may indicate: an activation of the periodic downlink resources, a PUCCH resource for receiving feedback information corresponding to a plurality of SPS PDSCH transmissions via the periodic downlink resources, and a total downlink assignment index (DAI) incremented based on a number of the plurality of SPS PDSCH transmissions corresponding to the PUCCH resource. The base station may receive, from the wireless device via the PUCCH resource, feedback information bits for the plurality of SPS PDSCH transmissions based on the total DAI.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No.63/175,610, filed Apr. 16, 2021, and U.S. Provisional Application No.63/180,739, filed Apr. 28, 2021, all of which are hereby incorporated byreference in their entireties.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Examples of several of the various embodiments of the present disclosureare described herein with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1A and FIG. 1B illustrate example mobile communication networks inwhich embodiments of the present disclosure may be implemented.

FIG. 2A and FIG. 2B respectively illustrate a New Radio (NR) user planeand control plane protocol stack.

FIG. 3 illustrates an example of services provided between protocollayers of the NR user plane protocol stack of FIG. 2A.

FIG. 4A illustrates an example downlink data flow through the NR userplane protocol stack of FIG. 2A.

FIG. 4B illustrates an example format of a MAC subheader in a MAC PDU.

FIG. 5A and FIG. 5B respectively illustrate a mapping between logicalchannels, transport channels, and physical channels for the downlink anduplink.

FIG. 6 is an example diagram showing RRC state transitions of a UE.

FIG. 7 illustrates an example configuration of an NR frame into whichOFDM symbols are grouped.

FIG. 8 illustrates an example configuration of a slot in the time andfrequency domain for an NR carrier.

FIG. 9 illustrates an example of bandwidth adaptation using threeconfigured BWPs for an NR carrier.

FIG. 10A illustrates three carrier aggregation configurations with twocomponent carriers.

FIG. 10B illustrates an example of how aggregated cells may beconfigured into one or more PUCCH groups.

FIG. 11A illustrates an example of an SS/PBCH block structure andlocation.

FIG. 11B illustrates an example of CSI-RSs that are mapped in the timeand frequency domains.

FIG. 12A and FIG. 12B respectively illustrate examples of three downlinkand uplink beam management procedures.

FIG. 13A, FIG. 13B, and FIG. 13C respectively illustrate a four-stepcontention-based random access procedure, a two-step contention-freerandom access procedure, and another two-step random access procedure.

FIG. 14A illustrates an example of CORESET configurations for abandwidth part.

FIG. 14B illustrates an example of a CCE-to-REG mapping for DCItransmission on a CORESET and PDCCH processing.

FIG. 15 illustrates an example of a wireless device in communicationwith a base station.

FIG. 16A, FIG. 16B, FIG. 16C, and FIG. 16D illustrate example structuresfor uplink and downlink transmission.

FIG. 17 illustrates an example of various DCI formats used for variouspurposes.

FIG. 18 illustrates an example DCI format for scheduling uplink resourceof a single cell.

FIG. 19 illustrates an example DCI format for scheduling downlinkresource of a single cell.

FIG. 20 illustrates an example of different numerologies as per anaspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 21 illustrates a SPS configuration as per an aspect of anembodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 22 illustrates an example of embodiments of a multi-PDSCHscheduling as per an aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 23 illustrates a time domain resource allocation mechanism fordownlink data as per an aspect of an embodiment of the presentdisclosure.

FIG. 24 illustrates an example of HARQ feedback determination with aplurality of serving cells as per an aspect of an embodiment of thepresent disclosure.

FIG. 25 illustrates an example embodiment of a DAI counter procedurewith a multi-PDSCH scheduling as per an aspect of an embodiment of thepresent disclosure.

FIG. 26 illustrates example embodiment of a DAI counter procedure for amulti-PDSCH scheduling as per an aspect of an embodiment of the presentdisclosure.

FIG. 27 illustrates an example of a SPS configuration activation basedon a multi-PDSCH DCI as per an aspect of an embodiment of the presentdisclosure.

FIG. 28 illustrates an example of a PUCCH resource determination for aSPS configuration as per an aspect of an embodiment of the presentdisclosure.

FIG. 29 illustrates an example of a SPS configuration activation basedon a multi-PDSCH DCI as per an aspect of an embodiment of the presentdisclosure.

FIG. 30 illustrates an example of HARQ process ID determination as peran aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 31 illustrates an example of a single HARQ-ACK bit of a pluralityof SPS PDSCH receptions as per an aspect of an embodiment of the presentdisclosure.

FIG. 32 illustrates an example DAI mechanism for a plurality of SPSPDSCH receptions as per an aspect of an embodiment of the presentdisclosure.

FIG. 33 illustrates a flow diagram of an example embodiment as per anaspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 34 illustrates an example embodiment for a HARQ process ID for amulti-PDSCH/multi-PUSCH scheduling as per an aspect of an embodiment ofthe present disclosure.

FIG. 35A illustrates an example of a multi-slot span as per an aspect ofan embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 35B illustrates an example of a multi-slot span as per an aspect ofan embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 36 illustrates an example of a HARQ-ACK codebook determination asper an aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 37 illustrates an example of HARQ feedback determination with aplurality of serving cells as per an aspect of an embodiment of thepresent disclosure.

FIG. 38 illustrates an example of a HARQ-ACK codebook determination ofSPS configurations as per an aspect of an embodiment of the presentdisclosure.

FIG. 39 illustrates a pseudo code of a HARQ-ACK codebook determinationof SPS configurations as per an aspect of an embodiment of the presentdisclosure.

FIG. 40 illustrates an example embodiment of DL slot determination asper an aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 41 illustrates an example embodiment of DL slot determination asper an aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 42 illustrates an example embodiment of DL slot determination asper an aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 43 illustrates an example embodiment of generating HARQ-ACK bitsfor a SPS configuration as per an aspect of an embodiment of the presentdisclosure.

FIG. 44 illustrates an example of a HARQ-ACK aggregation as per anaspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 45 illustrates an example pseudo code as per an aspect of anembodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 46 shows an example embodiment of a HARQ-ACK sub-codebook as per anaspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 47 illustrates an example of HARQ-ACK bits of a SPS configurationas per an aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure.

FIG. 48 illustrates a flow diagram as per an aspect of an embodiment ofthe present disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

In the present disclosure, various embodiments are presented as examplesof how the disclosed techniques may be implemented and/or how thedisclosed techniques may be practiced in environments and scenarios. Itwill be apparent to persons skilled in the relevant art that variouschanges in form and detail can be made therein without departing fromthe scope. In fact, after reading the description, it will be apparentto one skilled in the relevant art how to implement alternativeembodiments. The present embodiments should not be limited by any of thedescribed exemplary embodiments. The embodiments of the presentdisclosure will be described with reference to the accompanyingdrawings. Limitations, features, and/or elements from the disclosedexample embodiments may be combined to create further embodiments withinthe scope of the disclosure. Any figures which highlight thefunctionality and advantages, are presented for example purposes only.The disclosed architecture is sufficiently flexible and configurable,such that it may be utilized in ways other than that shown. For example,the actions listed in any flowchart may be re-ordered or only optionallyused in some embodiments.

Embodiments may be configured to operate as needed. The disclosedmechanism may be performed when certain criteria are met, for example,in a wireless device, a base station, a radio environment, a network, acombination of the above, and/or the like. Example criteria may bebased, at least in part, on for example, wireless device or network nodeconfigurations, traffic load, initial system set up, packet sizes,traffic characteristics, a combination of the above, and/or the like.When the one or more criteria are met, various example embodiments maybe applied. Therefore, it may be possible to implement exampleembodiments that selectively implement disclosed protocols.

A base station may communicate with a mix of wireless devices. Wirelessdevices and/or base stations may support multiple technologies, and/ormultiple releases of the same technology. Wireless devices may have somespecific capability(ies) depending on wireless device category and/orcapability(ies). When this disclosure refers to a base stationcommunicating with a plurality of wireless devices, this disclosure mayrefer to a subset of the total wireless devices in a coverage area. Thisdisclosure may refer to, for example, a plurality of wireless devices ofa given LTE or 5G release with a given capability and in a given sectorof the base station. The plurality of wireless devices in thisdisclosure may refer to a selected plurality of wireless devices, and/ora subset of total wireless devices in a coverage area which performaccording to disclosed methods, and/or the like. There may be aplurality of base stations or a plurality of wireless devices in acoverage area that may not comply with the disclosed methods, forexample, those wireless devices or base stations may perform based onolder releases of LTE or 5G technology.

In this disclosure, “a” and “an” and similar phrases are to beinterpreted as “at least one” and “one or more.” Similarly, any termthat ends with the suffix “(s)” is to be interpreted as “at least one”and “one or more.” In this disclosure, the term “may” is to beinterpreted as “may, for example.” In other words, the term “may” isindicative that the phrase following the term “may” is an example of oneof a multitude of suitable possibilities that may, or may not, beemployed by one or more of the various embodiments. The terms“comprises” and “consists of”, as used herein, enumerate one or morecomponents of the element being described. The term “comprises” isinterchangeable with “includes” and does not exclude unenumeratedcomponents from being included in the element being described. Bycontrast, “consists of” provides a complete enumeration of the one ormore components of the element being described. The term “based on”, asused herein, should be interpreted as “based at least in part on” ratherthan, for example, “based solely on”. The term “and/or” as used hereinrepresents any possible combination of enumerated elements. For example,“A, B, and/or C” may represent A; B; C; A and B; A and C; B and C; or A,B, and C.

If A and B are sets and every element of A is an element of B, A iscalled a subset of B. In this specification, only non-empty sets andsubsets are considered. For example, possible subsets of B={cell1,cell2} are: {cell1}, {cell2}, and {cell1, cell2}. The phrase “based on”(or equally “based at least on”) is indicative that the phrase followingthe term “based on” is an example of one of a multitude of suitablepossibilities that may, or may not, be employed to one or more of thevarious embodiments. The phrase “in response to” (or equally “inresponse at least to”) is indicative that the phrase following thephrase “in response to” is an example of one of a multitude of suitablepossibilities that may, or may not, be employed to one or more of thevarious embodiments. The phrase “depending on” (or equally “depending atleast to”) is indicative that the phrase following the phrase “dependingon” is an example of one of a multitude of suitable possibilities thatmay, or may not, be employed to one or more of the various embodiments.The phrase “employing/using” (or equally “employing/using at least”) isindicative that the phrase following the phrase “employing/using” is anexample of one of a multitude of suitable possibilities that may, or maynot, be employed to one or more of the various embodiments.

The term configured may relate to the capacity of a device whether thedevice is in an operational or non-operational state. Configured mayrefer to specific settings in a device that effect the operationalcharacteristics of the device whether the device is in an operational ornon-operational state. In other words, the hardware, software, firmware,registers, memory values, and/or the like may be “configured” within adevice, whether the device is in an operational or nonoperational state,to provide the device with specific characteristics. Terms such as “acontrol message to cause in a device” may mean that a control messagehas parameters that may be used to configure specific characteristics ormay be used to implement certain actions in the device, whether thedevice is in an operational or non-operational state.

In this disclosure, parameters (or equally called, fields, orInformation elements: IEs) may comprise one or more information objects,and an information object may comprise one or more other objects. Forexample, if parameter (IE) N comprises parameter (IE) M, and parameter(IE) M comprises parameter (IE) K, and parameter (IE) K comprisesparameter (information element) J. Then, for example, N comprises K, andN comprises J. In an example embodiment, when one or more messagescomprise a plurality of parameters, it implies that a parameter in theplurality of parameters is in at least one of the one or more messages,but does not have to be in each of the one or more messages.

Many features presented are described as being optional through the useof “may” or the use of parentheses. For the sake of brevity andlegibility, the present disclosure does not explicitly recite each andevery permutation that may be obtained by choosing from the set ofoptional features. The present disclosure is to be interpreted asexplicitly disclosing all such permutations. For example, a systemdescribed as having three optional features may be embodied in sevenways, namely with just one of the three possible features, with any twoof the three possible features or with three of the three possiblefeatures.

Many of the elements described in the disclosed embodiments may beimplemented as modules. A module is defined here as an element thatperforms a defined function and has a defined interface to otherelements. The modules described in this disclosure may be implemented inhardware, software in combination with hardware, firmware, wetware (e.g.hardware with a biological element) or a combination thereof, which maybe behaviorally equivalent. For example, modules may be implemented as asoftware routine written in a computer language configured to beexecuted by a hardware machine (such as C, C++, Fortran, Java, Basic,Matlab or the like) or a modeling/simulation program such as Simulink,Stateflow, GNU Octave, or LabVIEWMathScript. It may be possible toimplement modules using physical hardware that incorporates discrete orprogrammable analog, digital and/or quantum hardware. Examples ofprogrammable hardware comprise: computers, microcontrollers,microprocessors, application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs); fieldprogrammable gate arrays (FPGAs); and complex programmable logic devices(CPLDs). Computers, microcontrollers and microprocessors are programmedusing languages such as assembly, C, C++ or the like. FPGAs, ASICs andCPLDs are often programmed using hardware description languages (HDL)such as VHSIC hardware description language (VHDL) or Verilog thatconfigure connections between internal hardware modules with lesserfunctionality on a programmable device. The mentioned technologies areoften used in combination to achieve the result of a functional module.

FIG. 1A illustrates an example of a mobile communication network 100 inwhich embodiments of the present disclosure may be implemented. Themobile communication network 100 may be, for example, a public landmobile network (PLMN) run by a network operator. As illustrated in FIG.1A, the mobile communication network 100 includes a core network (CN)102, a radio access network (RAN) 104, and a wireless device 106.

The CN 102 may provide the wireless device 106 with an interface to oneor more data networks (DNs), such as public DNs (e.g., the Internet),private DNs, and/or intra-operator DNs. As part of the interfacefunctionality, the CN 102 may set up end-to-end connections between thewireless device 106 and the one or more DNs, authenticate the wirelessdevice 106, and provide charging functionality.

The RAN 104 may connect the CN 102 to the wireless device 106 throughradio communications over an air interface. As part of the radiocommunications, the RAN 104 may provide scheduling, radio resourcemanagement, and retransmission protocols. The communication directionfrom the RAN 104 to the wireless device 106 over the air interface isknown as the downlink and the communication direction from the wirelessdevice 106 to the RAN 104 over the air interface is known as the uplink.Downlink transmissions may be separated from uplink transmissions usingfrequency division duplexing (FDD), time-division duplexing (TDD),and/or some combination of the two duplexing techniques.

The term wireless device may be used throughout this disclosure to referto and encompass any mobile device or fixed (non-mobile) device forwhich wireless communication is needed or usable. For example, awireless device may be a telephone, smart phone, tablet, computer,laptop, sensor, meter, wearable device, Internet of Things (IoT) device,vehicle road side unit (RSU), relay node, automobile, and/or anycombination thereof. The term wireless device encompasses otherterminology, including user equipment (UE), user terminal (UT), accessterminal (AT), mobile station, handset, wireless transmit and receiveunit (WTRU), and/or wireless communication device.

The RAN 104 may include one or more base stations (not shown). The termbase station may be used throughout this disclosure to refer to andencompass a Node B (associated with UMTS and/or 3G standards), anEvolved Node B (eNB, associated with E-UTRA and/or 4G standards), aremote radio head (RRH), a baseband processing unit coupled to one ormore RRHs, a repeater node or relay node used to extend the coveragearea of a donor node, a Next Generation Evolved Node B (ng-eNB), aGeneration Node B (gNB, associated with NR and/or 5G standards), anaccess point (AP, associated with, for example, WiFi or any othersuitable wireless communication standard), and/or any combinationthereof. A base station may comprise at least one gNB Central Unit(gNB-CU) and at least one a gNB Distributed Unit (gNB-DU).

A base station included in the RAN 104 may include one or more sets ofantennas for communicating with the wireless device 106 over the airinterface. For example, one or more of the base stations may includethree sets of antennas to respectively control three cells (or sectors).The size of a cell may be determined by a range at which a receiver(e.g., a base station receiver) can successfully receive thetransmissions from a transmitter (e.g., a wireless device transmitter)operating in the cell. Together, the cells of the base stations mayprovide radio coverage to the wireless device 106 over a wide geographicarea to support wireless device mobility.

In addition to three-sector sites, other implementations of basestations are possible. For example, one or more of the base stations inthe RAN 104 may be implemented as a sectored site with more or less thanthree sectors. One or more of the base stations in the RAN 104 may beimplemented as an access point, as a baseband processing unit coupled toseveral remote radio heads (RRHs), and/or as a repeater or relay nodeused to extend the coverage area of a donor node. A baseband processingunit coupled to RRHs may be part of a centralized or cloud RANarchitecture, where the baseband processing unit may be eithercentralized in a pool of baseband processing units or virtualized. Arepeater node may amplify and rebroadcast a radio signal received from adonor node. A relay node may perform the same/similar functions as arepeater node but may decode the radio signal received from the donornode to remove noise before amplifying and rebroadcasting the radiosignal.

The RAN 104 may be deployed as a homogenous network of macrocell basestations that have similar antenna patterns and similar high-leveltransmit powers. The RAN 104 may be deployed as a heterogeneous network.In heterogeneous networks, small cell base stations may be used toprovide small coverage areas, for example, coverage areas that overlapwith the comparatively larger coverage areas provided by macrocell basestations. The small coverage areas may be provided in areas with highdata traffic (or so-called “hotspots”) or in areas with weak macrocellcoverage. Examples of small cell base stations include, in order ofdecreasing coverage area, microcell base stations, picocell basestations, and femtocell base stations or home base stations.

The Third-Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) was formed in 1998 toprovide global standardization of specifications for mobilecommunication networks similar to the mobile communication network 100in FIG. 1A. To date, 3GPP has produced specifications for threegenerations of mobile networks: a third generation (3G) network known asUniversal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS), a fourth generation(4G) network known as Long-Term Evolution (LTE), and a fifth generation(5G) network known as 5G System (5GS). Embodiments of the presentdisclosure are described with reference to the RAN of a 3GPP 5G network,referred to as next-generation RAN (NG-RAN). Embodiments may beapplicable to RANs of other mobile communication networks, such as theRAN 104 in FIG. 1A, the RANs of earlier 3G and 4G networks, and those offuture networks yet to be specified (e.g., a 3GPP 6G network). NG-RANimplements 5G radio access technology known as New Radio (NR) and may beprovisioned to implement 4G radio access technology or other radioaccess technologies, including non-3GPP radio access technologies.

FIG. 1B illustrates another example mobile communication network 150 inwhich embodiments of the present disclosure may be implemented. Mobilecommunication network 150 may be, for example, a PLMN run by a networkoperator. As illustrated in FIG. 1B, mobile communication network 150includes a 5G core network (5G-CN) 152, an NG-RAN 154, and UEs 156A and156B (collectively UEs 156). These components may be implemented andoperate in the same or similar manner as corresponding componentsdescribed with respect to FIG. 1A.

The 5G-CN 152 provides the UEs 156 with an interface to one or more DNs,such as public DNs (e.g., the Internet), private DNs, and/orintra-operator DNs. As part of the interface functionality, the 5G-CN152 may set up end-to-end connections between the UEs 156 and the one ormore DNs, authenticate the UEs 156, and provide charging functionality.Compared to the CN of a 3GPP 4G network, the basis of the 5G-CN 152 maybe a service-based architecture. This means that the architecture of thenodes making up the 5G-CN 152 may be defined as network functions thatoffer services via interfaces to other network functions. The networkfunctions of the 5G-CN 152 may be implemented in several ways, includingas network elements on dedicated or shared hardware, as softwareinstances running on dedicated or shared hardware, or as virtualizedfunctions instantiated on a platform (e.g., a cloud-based platform).

As illustrated in FIG. 1B, the 5G-CN 152 includes an Access and MobilityManagement Function (AMF) 158A and a User Plane Function (UPF) 158B,which are shown as one component AMF/UPF 158 in FIG. 1B for ease ofillustration. The UPF 158B may serve as a gateway between the NG-RAN 154and the one or more DNs. The UPF 158B may perform functions such aspacket routing and forwarding, packet inspection and user plane policyrule enforcement, traffic usage reporting, uplink classification tosupport routing of traffic flows to the one or more DNs, quality ofservice (QoS) handling for the user plane (e.g., packet filtering,gating, uplink/downlink rate enforcement, and uplink trafficverification), downlink packet buffering, and downlink data notificationtriggering. The UPF 158B may serve as an anchor point forintra-/inter-Radio Access Technology (RAT) mobility, an externalprotocol (or packet) data unit (PDU) session point of interconnect tothe one or more DNs, and/or a branching point to support a multi-homedPDU session. The UEs 156 may be configured to receive services through aPDU session, which is a logical connection between a UE and a DN.

The AMF 158A may perform functions such as Non-Access Stratum (NAS)signaling termination, NAS signaling security, Access Stratum (AS)security control, inter-CN node signaling for mobility between 3GPPaccess networks, idle mode UE reachability (e.g., control and executionof paging retransmission), registration area management, intra-systemand inter-system mobility support, access authentication, accessauthorization including checking of roaming rights, mobility managementcontrol (subscription and policies), network slicing support, and/orsession management function (SMF) selection. NAS may refer to thefunctionality operating between a CN and a UE, and AS may refer to thefunctionality operating between the UE and a RAN.

The 5G-CN 152 may include one or more additional network functions thatare not shown in FIG. 1B for the sake of clarity. For example, the 5G-CN152 may include one or more of a Session Management Function (SMF), anNR Repository Function (NRF), a Policy Control Function (PCF), a NetworkExposure Function (NEF), a Unified Data Management (UDM), an ApplicationFunction (AF), and/or an Authentication Server Function (AUSF).

The NG-RAN 154 may connect the 5G-CN 152 to the UEs 156 through radiocommunications over the air interface. The NG-RAN 154 may include one ormore gNBs, illustrated as gNB 160A and gNB 160B (collectively gNBs 160)and/or one or more ng-eNBs, illustrated as ng-eNB 162A and ng-eNB 162B(collectively ng-eNBs 162). The gNBs 160 and ng-eNBs 162 may be moregenerically referred to as base stations. The gNBs 160 and ng-eNBs 162may include one or more sets of antennas for communicating with the UEs156 over an air interface. For example, one or more of the gNBs 160and/or one or more of the ng-eNBs 162 may include three sets of antennasto respectively control three cells (or sectors). Together, the cells ofthe gNBs 160 and the ng-eNBs 162 may provide radio coverage to the UEs156 over a wide geographic area to support UE mobility.

As shown in FIG. 1B, the gNBs 160 and/or the ng-eNBs 162 may beconnected to the 5G-CN 152 by means of an NG interface and to other basestations by an Xn interface. The NG and Xn interfaces may be establishedusing direct physical connections and/or indirect connections over anunderlying transport network, such as an internet protocol (IP)transport network. The gNBs 160 and/or the ng-eNBs 162 may be connectedto the UEs 156 by means of a Uu interface. For example, as illustratedin FIG. 1B, gNB 160A may be connected to the UE 156A by means of a Uuinterface. The NG, Xn, and Uu interfaces are associated with a protocolstack. The protocol stacks associated with the interfaces may be used bythe network elements in FIG. 1B to exchange data and signaling messagesand may include two planes: a user plane and a control plane. The userplane may handle data of interest to a user. The control plane mayhandle signaling messages of interest to the network elements.

The gNBs 160 and/or the ng-eNBs 162 may be connected to one or moreAMF/UPF functions of the 5G-CN 152, such as the AMF/UPF 158, by means ofone or more NG interfaces. For example, the gNB 160A may be connected tothe UPF 158B of the AMF/UPF 158 by means of an NG-User plane (NG-U)interface. The NG-U interface may provide delivery (e.g., non-guaranteeddelivery) of user plane PDUs between the gNB 160A and the UPF 158B. ThegNB 160A may be connected to the AMF 158A by means of an NG-Controlplane (NG-C) interface. The NG-C interface may provide, for example, NGinterface management, UE context management, UE mobility management,transport of NAS messages, paging, PDU session management, andconfiguration transfer and/or warning message transmission.

The gNBs 160 may provide NR user plane and control plane protocolterminations towards the UEs 156 over the Uu interface. For example, thegNB 160A may provide NR user plane and control plane protocolterminations toward the UE 156A over a Uu interface associated with afirst protocol stack. The ng-eNBs 162 may provide Evolved UMTSTerrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA) user plane and control plane protocolterminations towards the UEs 156 over a Uu interface, where E-UTRArefers to the 3GPP 4G radio-access technology. For example, the ng-eNB162B may provide E-UTRA user plane and control plane protocolterminations towards the UE 156B over a Uu interface associated with asecond protocol stack.

The 5G-CN 152 was described as being configured to handle NR and 4Gradio accesses. It will be appreciated by one of ordinary skill in theart that it may be possible for NR to connect to a 4G core network in amode known as “non-standalone operation.” In non-standalone operation, a4G core network is used to provide (or at least support) control-planefunctionality (e.g., initial access, mobility, and paging). Althoughonly one AMF/UPF 158 is shown in FIG. 1B, one gNB or ng-eNB may beconnected to multiple AMF/UPF nodes to provide redundancy and/or to loadshare across the multiple AMF/UPF nodes.

As discussed, an interface (e.g., Uu, Xn, and NG interfaces) between thenetwork elements in FIG. 1B may be associated with a protocol stack thatthe network elements use to exchange data and signaling messages. Aprotocol stack may include two planes: a user plane and a control plane.The user plane may handle data of interest to a user, and the controlplane may handle signaling messages of interest to the network elements.

FIG. 2A and FIG. 2B respectively illustrate examples of NR user planeand NR control plane protocol stacks for the Uu interface that liesbetween a UE 210 and a gNB 220. The protocol stacks illustrated in FIG.2A and FIG. 2B may be the same or similar to those used for the Uuinterface between, for example, the UE 156A and the gNB 160A shown inFIG. 1B.

FIG. 2A illustrates a NR user plane protocol stack comprising fivelayers implemented in the UE 210 and the gNB 220. At the bottom of theprotocol stack, physical layers (PHYs) 211 and 221 may provide transportservices to the higher layers of the protocol stack and may correspondto layer 1 of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model. The nextfour protocols above PHYs 211 and 221 comprise media access controllayers (MACs) 212 and 222, radio link control layers (RLCs) 213 and 223,packet data convergence protocol layers (PDCPs) 214 and 224, and servicedata application protocol layers (SDAPs) 215 and 225. Together, thesefour protocols may make up layer 2, or the data link layer, of the OSImodel.

FIG. 3 illustrates an example of services provided between protocollayers of the NR user plane protocol stack. Starting from the top ofFIG. 2A and FIG. 3, the SDAPs 215 and 225 may perform QoS flow handling.The UE 210 may receive services through a PDU session, which may be alogical connection between the UE 210 and a DN. The PDU session may haveone or more QoS flows. A UPF of a CN (e.g., the UPF 158B) may map IPpackets to the one or more QoS flows of the PDU session based on QoSrequirements (e.g., in terms of delay, data rate, and/or error rate).The SDAPs 215 and 225 may perform mapping/de-mapping between the one ormore QoS flows and one or more data radio bearers. Themapping/de-mapping between the QoS flows and the data radio bearers maybe determined by the SDAP 225 at the gNB 220. The SDAP 215 at the UE 210may be informed of the mapping between the QoS flows and the data radiobearers through reflective mapping or control signaling received fromthe gNB 220. For reflective mapping, the SDAP 225 at the gNB 220 maymark the downlink packets with a QoS flow indicator (QFI), which may beobserved by the SDAP 215 at the UE 210 to determine themapping/de-mapping between the QoS flows and the data radio bearers.

The PDCPs 214 and 224 may perform header compression/decompression toreduce the amount of data that needs to be transmitted over the airinterface, ciphering/deciphering to prevent unauthorized decoding ofdata transmitted over the air interface, and integrity protection (toensure control messages originate from intended sources. The PDCPs 214and 224 may perform retransmissions of undelivered packets, in-sequencedelivery and reordering of packets, and removal of packets received induplicate due to, for example, an intra-gNB handover. The PDCPs 214 and224 may perform packet duplication to improve the likelihood of thepacket being received and, at the receiver, remove any duplicatepackets. Packet duplication may be useful for services that require highreliability.

Although not shown in FIG. 3, PDCPs 214 and 224 may performmapping/de-mapping between a split radio bearer and RLC channels in adual connectivity scenario. Dual connectivity is a technique that allowsa UE to connect to two cells or, more generally, two cell groups: amaster cell group (MCG) and a secondary cell group (SCG). A split beareris when a single radio bearer, such as one of the radio bearers providedby the PDCPs 214 and 224 as a service to the SDAPs 215 and 225, ishandled by cell groups in dual connectivity. The PDCPs 214 and 224 maymap/de-map the split radio bearer between RLC channels belonging to cellgroups.

The RLCs 213 and 223 may perform segmentation, retransmission throughAutomatic Repeat Request (ARQ), and removal of duplicate data unitsreceived from MACs 212 and 222, respectively. The RLCs 213 and 223 maysupport three transmission modes: transparent mode (TM); unacknowledgedmode (UM); and acknowledged mode (AM). Based on the transmission mode anRLC is operating, the RLC may perform one or more of the notedfunctions. The RLC configuration may be per logical channel with nodependency on numerologies and/or Transmission Time Interval (TTI)durations. As shown in FIG. 3, the RLCs 213 and 223 may provide RLCchannels as a service to PDCPs 214 and 224, respectively.

The MACs 212 and 222 may perform multiplexing/demultiplexing of logicalchannels and/or mapping between logical channels and transport channels.The multiplexing/demultiplexing may include multiplexing/demultiplexingof data units, belonging to the one or more logical channels, into/fromTransport Blocks (TBs) delivered to/from the PHYs 211 and 221. The MAC222 may be configured to perform scheduling, scheduling informationreporting, and priority handling between UEs by means of dynamicscheduling. Scheduling may be performed in the gNB 220 (at the MAC 222)for downlink and uplink. The MACs 212 and 222 may be configured toperform error correction through Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ)(e.g., one HARQ entity per carrier in case of Carrier Aggregation (CA)),priority handling between logical channels of the UE 210 by means oflogical channel prioritization, and/or padding. The MACs 212 and 222 maysupport one or more numerologies and/or transmission timings. In anexample, mapping restrictions in a logical channel prioritization maycontrol which numerology and/or transmission timing a logical channelmay use. As shown in FIG. 3, the MACs 212 and 222 may provide logicalchannels as a service to the RLCs 213 and 223.

The PHYs 211 and 221 may perform mapping of transport channels tophysical channels and digital and analog signal processing functions forsending and receiving information over the air interface. These digitaland analog signal processing functions may include, for example,coding/decoding and modulation/demodulation. The PHYs 211 and 221 mayperform multi-antenna mapping. As shown in FIG. 3, the PHYs 211 and 221may provide one or more transport channels as a service to the MACs 212and 222.

FIG. 4A illustrates an example downlink data flow through the NR userplane protocol stack. FIG. 4A illustrates a downlink data flow of threeIP packets (n, n+1, and m) through the NR user plane protocol stack togenerate two TBs at the gNB 220. An uplink data flow through the NR userplane protocol stack may be similar to the downlink data flow depictedin FIG. 4A.

The downlink data flow of FIG. 4A begins when SDAP 225 receives thethree IP packets from one or more QoS flows and maps the three packetsto radio bearers. In FIG. 4A, the SDAP 225 maps IP packets n and n+1 toa first radio bearer 402 and maps IP packet m to a second radio bearer404. An SDAP header (labeled with an “H” in FIG. 4A) is added to an IPpacket. The data unit from/to a higher protocol layer is referred to asa service data unit (SDU) of the lower protocol layer and the data unitto/from a lower protocol layer is referred to as a protocol data unit(PDU) of the higher protocol layer. As shown in FIG. 4A, the data unitfrom the SDAP 225 is an SDU of lower protocol layer PDCP 224 and is aPDU of the SDAP 225.

The remaining protocol layers in FIG. 4A may perform their associatedfunctionality (e.g., with respect to FIG. 3), add corresponding headers,and forward their respective outputs to the next lower layer. Forexample, the PDCP 224 may perform IP-header compression and cipheringand forward its output to the RLC 223. The RLC 223 may optionallyperform segmentation (e.g., as shown for IP packet m in FIG. 4A) andforward its output to the MAC 222. The MAC 222 may multiplex a number ofRLC PDUs and may attach a MAC subheader to an RLC PDU to form atransport block. In NR, the MAC subheaders may be distributed across theMAC PDU, as illustrated in FIG. 4A. In LTE, the MAC subheaders may beentirely located at the beginning of the MAC PDU. The NR MAC PDUstructure may reduce processing time and associated latency because theMAC PDU subheaders may be computed before the full MAC PDU is assembled.

FIG. 4B illustrates an example format of a MAC subheader in a MAC PDU.The MAC subheader includes: an SDU length field for indicating thelength (e.g., in bytes) of the MAC SDU to which the MAC subheadercorresponds; a logical channel identifier (LCID) field for identifyingthe logical channel from which the MAC SDU originated to aid in thedemultiplexing process; a flag (F) for indicating the size of the SDUlength field; and a reserved bit (R) field for future use.

FIG. 4B further illustrates MAC control elements (CEs) inserted into theMAC PDU by a MAC, such as MAC 223 or MAC 222. For example, FIG. 4Billustrates two MAC CEs inserted into the MAC PDU. MAC CEs may beinserted at the beginning of a MAC PDU for downlink transmissions (asshown in FIG. 4B) and at the end of a MAC PDU for uplink transmissions.MAC CEs may be used for in-band control signaling. Example MAC CEsinclude: scheduling-related MAC CEs, such as buffer status reports andpower headroom reports; activation/deactivation MAC CEs, such as thosefor activation/deactivation of PDCP duplication detection, channel stateinformation (CSI) reporting, sounding reference signal (SRS)transmission, and prior configured components; discontinuous reception(DRX) related MAC CEs; timing advance MAC CEs; and random access relatedMAC CEs. A MAC CE may be preceded by a MAC subheader with a similarformat as described for MAC SDUs and may be identified with a reservedvalue in the LCID field that indicates the type of control informationincluded in the MAC CE.

Before describing the NR control plane protocol stack, logical channels,transport channels, and physical channels are first described as well asa mapping between the channel types. One or more of the channels may beused to carry out functions associated with the NR control planeprotocol stack described later below.

FIG. 5A and FIG. 5B illustrate, for downlink and uplink respectively, amapping between logical channels, transport channels, and physicalchannels. Information is passed through channels between the RLC, theMAC, and the PHY of the NR protocol stack. A logical channel may be usedbetween the RLC and the MAC and may be classified as a control channelthat carries control and configuration information in the NR controlplane or as a traffic channel that carries data in the NR user plane. Alogical channel may be classified as a dedicated logical channel that isdedicated to a specific UE or as a common logical channel that may beused by more than one UE. A logical channel may also be defined by thetype of information it carries. The set of logical channels defined byNR include, for example:

-   -   a paging control channel (PCCH) for carrying paging messages        used to page a UE whose location is not known to the network on        a cell level;    -   a broadcast control channel (BCCH) for carrying system        information messages in the form of a master information block        (MIB) and several system information blocks (SIBs), wherein the        system information messages may be used by the UEs to obtain        information about how a cell is configured and how to operate        within the cell;    -   a common control channel (CCCH) for carrying control messages        together with random access;    -   a dedicated control channel (DCCH) for carrying control messages        to/from a specific the UE to configure the UE; and    -   a dedicated traffic channel (DTCH) for carrying user data        to/from a specific the UE.

Transport channels are used between the MAC and PHY layers and may bedefined by how the information they carry is transmitted over the airinterface. The set of transport channels defined by NR include, forexample:

-   -   a paging channel (PCH) for carrying paging messages that        originated from the PCCH;    -   a broadcast channel (BCH) for carrying the MIB from the BCCH;    -   a downlink shared channel (DL-SCH) for carrying downlink data        and signaling messages, including the SIBs from the BCCH;    -   an uplink shared channel (UL-SCH) for carrying uplink data and        signaling messages; and    -   a random access channel (RACH) for allowing a UE to contact the        network without any prior scheduling.

The PHY may use physical channels to pass information between processinglevels of the PHY. A physical channel may have an associated set oftime-frequency resources for carrying the information of one or moretransport channels. The PHY may generate control information to supportthe low-level operation of the PHY and provide the control informationto the lower levels of the PHY via physical control channels, known asL1/L2 control channels. The set of physical channels and physicalcontrol channels defined by NR include, for example:

-   -   a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) for carrying the MIB from        the BCH;    -   a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) for carrying downlink        data and signaling messages from the DL-SCH, as well as paging        messages from the PCH;    -   a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) for carrying        downlink control information (DCI), which may include downlink        scheduling commands, uplink scheduling grants, and uplink power        control commands;    -   a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) for carrying uplink        data and signaling messages from the UL-SCH and in some        instances uplink control information (UCI) as described below;    -   a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) for carrying UCI,        which may include HARQ acknowledgments, channel quality        indicators (CQI), pre-coding matrix indicators (PMI), rank        indicators (RI), and scheduling requests (SR); and    -   a physical random access channel (PRACH) for random access.

Similar to the physical control channels, the physical layer generatesphysical signals to support the low-level operation of the physicallayer. As shown in FIG. 5A and FIG. 5B, the physical layer signalsdefined by NR include: primary synchronization signals (PSS), secondarysynchronization signals (SSS), channel state information referencesignals (CSI-RS), demodulation reference signals (DMRS), soundingreference signals (SRS), and phase-tracking reference signals (PT-RS).These physical layer signals will be described in greater detail below.

FIG. 2B illustrates an example NR control plane protocol stack. As shownin FIG. 2B, the NR control plane protocol stack may use the same/similarfirst four protocol layers as the example NR user plane protocol stack.These four protocol layers include the PHYs 211 and 221, the MACs 212and 222, the RLCs 213 and 223, and the PDCPs 214 and 224. Instead ofhaving the SDAPs 215 and 225 at the top of the stack as in the NR userplane protocol stack, the NR control plane stack has radio resourcecontrols (RRCs) 216 and 226 and NAS protocols 217 and 237 at the top ofthe NR control plane protocol stack.

The NAS protocols 217 and 237 may provide control plane functionalitybetween the UE 210 and the AMF 230 (e.g., the AMF 158A) or, moregenerally, between the UE 210 and the CN. The NAS protocols 217 and 237may provide control plane functionality between the UE 210 and the AMF230 via signaling messages, referred to as NAS messages. There is nodirect path between the UE 210 and the AMF 230 through which the NASmessages can be transported. The NAS messages may be transported usingthe AS of the Uu and NG interfaces. NAS protocols 217 and 237 mayprovide control plane functionality such as authentication, security,connection setup, mobility management, and session management.

The RRCs 216 and 226 may provide control plane functionality between theUE 210 and the gNB 220 or, more generally, between the UE 210 and theRAN. The RRCs 216 and 226 may provide control plane functionalitybetween the UE 210 and the gNB 220 via signaling messages, referred toas RRC messages. RRC messages may be transmitted between the UE 210 andthe RAN using signaling radio bearers and the same/similar PDCP, RLC,MAC, and PHY protocol layers. The MAC may multiplex control-plane anduser-plane data into the same transport block (TB). The RRCs 216 and 226may provide control plane functionality such as: broadcast of systeminformation related to AS and NAS; paging initiated by the CN or theRAN; establishment, maintenance and release of an RRC connection betweenthe UE 210 and the RAN; security functions including key management;establishment, configuration, maintenance and release of signaling radiobearers and data radio bearers; mobility functions; QoS managementfunctions; the UE measurement reporting and control of the reporting;detection of and recovery from radio link failure (RLF); and/or NASmessage transfer. As part of establishing an RRC connection, RRCs 216and 226 may establish an RRC context, which may involve configuringparameters for communication between the UE 210 and the RAN.

FIG. 6 is an example diagram showing RRC state transitions of a UE. TheUE may be the same or similar to the wireless device 106 depicted inFIG. 1A, the UE 210 depicted in FIG. 2A and FIG. 2B, or any otherwireless device described in the present disclosure. As illustrated inFIG. 6, a UE may be in at least one of three RRC states: RRC connected602 (e.g., RRC_CONNECTED), RRC idle 604 (e.g., RRC_IDLE), and RRCinactive 606 (e.g., RRC_INACTIVE).

In RRC connected 602, the UE has an established RRC context and may haveat least one RRC connection with a base station. The base station may besimilar to one of the one or more base stations included in the RAN 104depicted in FIG. 1A, one of the gNBs 160 or ng-eNBs 162 depicted in FIG.1B, the gNB 220 depicted in FIG. 2A and FIG. 2B, or any other basestation described in the present disclosure. The base station with whichthe UE is connected may have the RRC context for the UE. The RRCcontext, referred to as the UE context, may comprise parameters forcommunication between the UE and the base station. These parameters mayinclude, for example: one or more AS contexts; one or more radio linkconfiguration parameters; bearer configuration information (e.g.,relating to a data radio bearer, signaling radio bearer, logicalchannel, QoS flow, and/or PDU session); security information; and/orPHY, MAC, RLC, PDCP, and/or SDAP layer configuration information. Whilein RRC connected 602, mobility of the UE may be managed by the RAN(e.g., the RAN 104 or the NG-RAN 154). The UE may measure the signallevels (e.g., reference signal levels) from a serving cell andneighboring cells and report these measurements to the base stationcurrently serving the UE. The UE's serving base station may request ahandover to a cell of one of the neighboring base stations based on thereported measurements. The RRC state may transition from RRC connected602 to RRC idle 604 through a connection release procedure 608 or to RRCinactive 606 through a connection inactivation procedure 610.

In RRC idle 604, an RRC context may not be established for the UE. InRRC idle 604, the UE may not have an RRC connection with the basestation. While in RRC idle 604, the UE may be in a sleep state for themajority of the time (e.g., to conserve battery power). The UE may wakeup periodically (e.g., once in every discontinuous reception cycle) tomonitor for paging messages from the RAN. Mobility of the UE may bemanaged by the UE through a procedure known as cell reselection. The RRCstate may transition from RRC idle 604 to RRC connected 602 through aconnection establishment procedure 612, which may involve a randomaccess procedure as discussed in greater detail below.

In RRC inactive 606, the RRC context previously established ismaintained in the UE and the base station. This allows for a fasttransition to RRC connected 602 with reduced signaling overhead ascompared to the transition from RRC idle 604 to RRC connected 602. Whilein RRC inactive 606, the UE may be in a sleep state and mobility of theUE may be managed by the UE through cell reselection. The RRC state maytransition from RRC inactive 606 to RRC connected 602 through aconnection resume procedure 614 or to RRC idle 604 though a connectionrelease procedure 616 that may be the same as or similar to connectionrelease procedure 608.

An RRC state may be associated with a mobility management mechanism. InRRC idle 604 and RRC inactive 606, mobility is managed by the UE throughcell reselection. The purpose of mobility management in RRC idle 604 andRRC inactive 606 is to allow the network to be able to notify the UE ofan event via a paging message without having to broadcast the pagingmessage over the entire mobile communications network. The mobilitymanagement mechanism used in RRC idle 604 and RRC inactive 606 may allowthe network to track the UE on a cell-group level so that the pagingmessage may be broadcast over the cells of the cell group that the UEcurrently resides within instead of the entire mobile communicationnetwork. The mobility management mechanisms for RRC idle 604 and RRCinactive 606 track the UE on a cell-group level. They may do so usingdifferent granularities of grouping. For example, there may be threelevels of cell-grouping granularity: individual cells; cells within aRAN area identified by a RAN area identifier (RAI); and cells within agroup of RAN areas, referred to as a tracking area and identified by atracking area identifier (TAI).

Tracking areas may be used to track the UE at the CN level. The CN(e.g., the CN 102 or the 5G-CN 152) may provide the UE with a list ofTAIs associated with a UE registration area. If the UE moves, throughcell reselection, to a cell associated with a TAI not included in thelist of TAIs associated with the UE registration area, the UE mayperform a registration update with the CN to allow the CN to update theUE's location and provide the UE with a new the UE registration area.

RAN areas may be used to track the UE at the RAN level. For a UE in RRCinactive 606 state, the UE may be assigned a RAN notification area. ARAN notification area may comprise one or more cell identities, a listof RAIs, or a list of TAIs. In an example, a base station may belong toone or more RAN notification areas. In an example, a cell may belong toone or more RAN notification areas. If the UE moves, through cellreselection, to a cell not included in the RAN notification areaassigned to the UE, the UE may perform a notification area update withthe RAN to update the UE's RAN notification area.

A base station storing an RRC context for a UE or a last serving basestation of the UE may be referred to as an anchor base station. Ananchor base station may maintain an RRC context for the UE at leastduring a period of time that the UE stays in a RAN notification area ofthe anchor base station and/or during a period of time that the UE staysin RRC inactive 606.

A gNB, such as gNBs 160 in FIG. 1B, may be split in two parts: a centralunit (gNB-CU), and one or more distributed units (gNB-DU). A gNB-CU maybe coupled to one or more gNB-DUs using an F1 interface. The gNB-CU maycomprise the RRC, the PDCP, and the SDAP. A gNB-DU may comprise the RLC,the MAC, and the PHY.

In NR, the physical signals and physical channels (discussed withrespect to FIG. 5A and FIG. 5B) may be mapped onto orthogonal frequencydivisional multiplexing (OFDM) symbols. OFDM is a multicarriercommunication scheme that transmits data over F orthogonal subcarriers(or tones). Before transmission, the data may be mapped to a series ofcomplex symbols (e.g., M-quadrature amplitude modulation (M-QAM) orM-phase shift keying (M-PSK) symbols), referred to as source symbols,and divided into F parallel symbol streams. The F parallel symbolstreams may be treated as though they are in the frequency domain andused as inputs to an Inverse Fast Fourier Transform (IFFT) block thattransforms them into the time domain. The IFFT block may take in Fsource symbols at a time, one from each of the F parallel symbolstreams, and use each source symbol to modulate the amplitude and phaseof one of F sinusoidal basis functions that correspond to the Forthogonal subcarriers. The output of the IFFT block may be Ftime-domain samples that represent the summation of the F orthogonalsubcarriers. The F time-domain samples may form a single OFDM symbol.After some processing (e.g., addition of a cyclic prefix) andup-conversion, an OFDM symbol provided by the IFFT block may betransmitted over the air interface on a carrier frequency. The Fparallel symbol streams may be mixed using an FFT block before beingprocessed by the IFFT block. This operation produces Discrete FourierTransform (DFT)-precoded OFDM symbols and may be used by UEs in theuplink to reduce the peak to average power ratio (PAPR). Inverseprocessing may be performed on the OFDM symbol at a receiver using anFFT block to recover the data mapped to the source symbols.

FIG. 7 illustrates an example configuration of an NR frame into whichOFDM symbols are grouped. An NR frame may be identified by a systemframe number (SFN). The SFN may repeat with a period of 1024 frames. Asillustrated, one NR frame may be 10 milliseconds (ms) in duration andmay include 10 subframes that are 1 ms in duration. A subframe may bedivided into slots that include, for example, 14 OFDM symbols per slot.

The duration of a slot may depend on the numerology used for the OFDMsymbols of the slot. In NR, a flexible numerology is supported toaccommodate different cell deployments (e.g., cells with carrierfrequencies below 1 GHz up to cells with carrier frequencies in themm-wave range). A numerology may be defined in terms of subcarrierspacing and cyclic prefix duration. For a numerology in NR, subcarrierspacings may be scaled up by powers of two from a baseline subcarrierspacing of 15 kHz, and cyclic prefix durations may be scaled down bypowers of two from a baseline cyclic prefix duration of 4.7 ps. Forexample, NR defines numerologies with the following subcarrierspacing/cyclic prefix duration combinations: 15 kHz/4.7 μs; 30 kHz/2.3μs; 60 kHz/1.2 μs; 120 kHz/0.59 μs; and 240 kHz/0.29 μs.

A slot may have a fixed number of OFDM symbols (e.g., 14 OFDM symbols).A numerology with a higher subcarrier spacing has a shorter slotduration and, correspondingly, more slots per subframe. FIG. 7illustrates this numerology-dependent slot duration andslots-per-subframe transmission structure (the numerology with asubcarrier spacing of 240 kHz is not shown in FIG. 7 for ease ofillustration). A subframe in NR may be used as a numerology-independenttime reference, while a slot may be used as the unit upon which uplinkand downlink transmissions are scheduled. To support low latency,scheduling in NR may be decoupled from the slot duration and start atany OFDM symbol and last for as many symbols as needed for atransmission. These partial slot transmissions may be referred to asmini-slot or subslot transmissions.

FIG. 8 illustrates an example configuration of a slot in the time andfrequency domain for an NR carrier. The slot includes resource elements(REs) and resource blocks (RBs). An RE is the smallest physical resourcein NR. An RE spans one OFDM symbol in the time domain by one subcarrierin the frequency domain as shown in FIG. 8. An RB spans twelveconsecutive REs in the frequency domain as shown in FIG. 8. An NRcarrier may be limited to a width of 275 RBs or 275×12=3300 subcarriers.Such a limitation, if used, may limit the NR carrier to 50, 100, 200,and 400 MHz for subcarrier spacings of 15, 30, 60, and 120 kHz,respectively, where the 400 MHz bandwidth may be set based on a 400 MHzper carrier bandwidth limit.

FIG. 8 illustrates a single numerology being used across the entirebandwidth of the NR carrier. In other example configurations, multiplenumerologies may be supported on the same carrier.

NR may support wide carrier bandwidths (e.g., up to 400 MHz for asubcarrier spacing of 120 kHz). Not all UEs may be able to receive thefull carrier bandwidth (e.g., due to hardware limitations). Also,receiving the full carrier bandwidth may be prohibitive in terms of UEpower consumption. In an example, to reduce power consumption and/or forother purposes, a UE may adapt the size of the UE's receive bandwidthbased on the amount of traffic the UE is scheduled to receive. This isreferred to as bandwidth adaptation.

NR defines bandwidth parts (BWPs) to support UEs not capable ofreceiving the full carrier bandwidth and to support bandwidthadaptation. In an example, a BWP may be defined by a subset ofcontiguous RBs on a carrier. A UE may be configured (e.g., via RRClayer) with one or more downlink BWPs and one or more uplink BWPs perserving cell (e.g., up to four downlink BWPs and up to four uplink BWPsper serving cell). At a given time, one or more of the configured BWPsfor a serving cell may be active. These one or more BWPs may be referredto as active BWPs of the serving cell. When a serving cell is configuredwith a secondary uplink carrier, the serving cell may have one or morefirst active BWPs in the uplink carrier and one or more second activeBWPs in the secondary uplink carrier.

For unpaired spectra, a downlink BWP from a set of configured downlinkBWPs may be linked with an uplink BWP from a set of configured uplinkBWPs if a downlink BWP index of the downlink BWP and an uplink BWP indexof the uplink BWP are the same. For unpaired spectra, a UE may expectthat a center frequency for a downlink BWP is the same as a centerfrequency for an uplink BWP.

For a downlink BWP in a set of configured downlink BWPs on a primarycell (PCell), a base station may configure a UE with one or more controlresource sets (CORESETs) for at least one search space. A search spaceis a set of locations in the time and frequency domains where the UE mayfind control information. The search space may be a UE-specific searchspace or a common search space (potentially usable by a plurality ofUEs). For example, a base station may configure a UE with a commonsearch space, on a PCell or on a primary secondary cell (PSCell), in anactive downlink BWP.

For an uplink BWP in a set of configured uplink BWPs, a BS may configurea UE with one or more resource sets for one or more PUCCH transmissions.A UE may receive downlink receptions (e.g., PDCCH or PDSCH) in adownlink BWP according to a configured numerology (e.g., subcarrierspacing and cyclic prefix duration) for the downlink BWP. The UE maytransmit uplink transmissions (e.g., PUCCH or PUSCH) in an uplink BWPaccording to a configured numerology (e.g., subcarrier spacing andcyclic prefix length for the uplink BWP).

One or more BWP indicator fields may be provided in Downlink ControlInformation (DCI). A value of a BWP indicator field may indicate whichBWP in a set of configured BWPs is an active downlink BWP for one ormore downlink receptions. The value of the one or more BWP indicatorfields may indicate an active uplink BWP for one or more uplinktransmissions.

A base station may semi-statically configure a UE with a defaultdownlink BWP within a set of configured downlink BWPs associated with aPCell. If the base station does not provide the default downlink BWP tothe UE, the default downlink BWP may be an initial active downlink BWP.The UE may determine which BWP is the initial active downlink BWP basedon a CORESET configuration obtained using the PBCH.

A base station may configure a UE with a BWP inactivity timer value fora PCell. The UE may start or restart a BWP inactivity timer at anyappropriate time. For example, the UE may start or restart the BWPinactivity timer (a) when the UE detects a DCI indicating an activedownlink BWP other than a default downlink BWP for a paired spectraoperation; or (b) when a UE detects a DCI indicating an active downlinkBWP or active uplink BWP other than a default downlink BWP or uplink BWPfor an unpaired spectra operation. If the UE does not detect DCI duringan interval of time (e.g., 1 ms or 0.5 ms), the UE may run the BWPinactivity timer toward expiration (for example, increment from zero tothe BWP inactivity timer value, or decrement from the BWP inactivitytimer value to zero). When the BWP inactivity timer expires, the UE mayswitch from the active downlink BWP to the default downlink BWP.

In an example, a base station may semi-statically configure a UE withone or more BWPs. A UE may switch an active BWP from a first BWP to asecond BWP in response to receiving a DCI indicating the second BWP asan active BWP and/or in response to an expiry of the BWP inactivitytimer (e.g., if the second BWP is the default BWP).

Downlink and uplink BWP switching (where BWP switching refers toswitching from a currently active BWP to a not currently active BWP) maybe performed independently in paired spectra. In unpaired spectra,downlink and uplink BWP switching may be performed simultaneously.Switching between configured BWPs may occur based on RRC signaling, DCI,expiration of a BWP inactivity timer, and/or an initiation of randomaccess.

FIG. 9 illustrates an example of bandwidth adaptation using threeconfigured BWPs for an NR carrier. A UE configured with the three BWPsmay switch from one BWP to another BWP at a switching point. In theexample illustrated in FIG. 9, the BWPs include: a BWP 902 with abandwidth of 40 MHz and a subcarrier spacing of 15 kHz; a BWP 904 with abandwidth of 10 MHz and a subcarrier spacing of 15 kHz; and a BWP 906with a bandwidth of 20 MHz and a subcarrier spacing of 60 kHz. The BWP902 may be an initial active BWP, and the BWP 904 may be a default BWP.The UE may switch between BWPs at switching points. In the example ofFIG. 9, the UE may switch from the BWP 902 to the BWP 904 at a switchingpoint 908. The switching at the switching point 908 may occur for anysuitable reason, for example, in response to an expiry of a BWPinactivity timer (indicating switching to the default BWP) and/or inresponse to receiving a DCI indicating BWP 904 as the active BWP. The UEmay switch at a switching point 910 from active BWP 904 to BWP 906 inresponse receiving a DCI indicating BWP 906 as the active BWP. The UEmay switch at a switching point 912 from active BWP 906 to BWP 904 inresponse to an expiry of a BWP inactivity timer and/or in responsereceiving a DCI indicating BWP 904 as the active BWP. The UE may switchat a switching point 914 from active BWP 904 to BWP 902 in responsereceiving a DCI indicating BWP 902 as the active BWP.

If a UE is configured for a secondary cell with a default downlink BWPin a set of configured downlink BWPs and a timer value, UE proceduresfor switching BWPs on a secondary cell may be the same/similar as thoseon a primary cell. For example, the UE may use the timer value and thedefault downlink BWP for the secondary cell in the same/similar manneras the UE would use these values for a primary cell.

4.2 Carrier Aggregation

To provide for greater data rates, two or more carriers can beaggregated and simultaneously transmitted to/from the same UE usingcarrier aggregation (CA). The aggregated carriers in CA may be referredto as component carriers (CCs). When CA is used, there are a number ofserving cells for the UE, one for a CC. The CCs may have threeconfigurations in the frequency domain.

FIG. 10A illustrates the three CA configurations with two CCs. In theintraband, contiguous configuration 1002, the two CCs are aggregated inthe same frequency band (frequency band A) and are located directlyadjacent to each other within the frequency band. In the intraband,non-contiguous configuration 1004, the two CCs are aggregated in thesame frequency band (frequency band A) and are separated in thefrequency band by a gap. In the interband configuration 1006, the twoCCs are located in frequency bands (frequency band A and frequency bandB).

In an example, up to 32 CCs may be aggregated. The aggregated CCs mayhave the same or different bandwidths, subcarrier spacing, and/orduplexing schemes (TDD or FDD). A serving cell for a UE using CA mayhave a downlink CC. For FDD, one or more uplink CCs may be optionallyconfigured for a serving cell. The ability to aggregate more downlinkcarriers than uplink carriers may be useful, for example, when the UEhas more data traffic in the downlink than in the uplink.

When CA is used, one of the aggregated cells for a UE may be referred toas a primary cell (PCell). The PCell may be the serving cell that the UEinitially connects to at RRC connection establishment, reestablishment,and/or handover. The PCell may provide the UE with NAS mobilityinformation and the security input. UEs may have different PCells. Inthe downlink, the carrier corresponding to the PCell may be referred toas the downlink primary CC (DL PCC). In the uplink, the carriercorresponding to the PCell may be referred to as the uplink primary CC(UL PCC). The other aggregated cells for the UE may be referred to assecondary cells (SCells). In an example, the SCells may be configuredafter the PCell is configured for the UE. For example, an SCell may beconfigured through an RRC Connection Reconfiguration procedure. In thedownlink, the carrier corresponding to an SCell may be referred to as adownlink secondary CC (DL SCC). In the uplink, the carrier correspondingto the SCell may be referred to as the uplink secondary CC (UL SCC).

Configured SCells for a UE may be activated and deactivated based on,for example, traffic and channel conditions. Deactivation of an SCellmay mean that PDCCH and PDSCH reception on the SCell is stopped andPUSCH, SRS, and CQI transmissions on the SCell are stopped. ConfiguredSCells may be activated and deactivated using a MAC CE with respect toFIG. 4B. For example, a MAC CE may use a bitmap (e.g., one bit perSCell) to indicate which SCells (e.g., in a subset of configured SCells)for the UE are activated or deactivated. Configured SCells may bedeactivated in response to an expiration of an SCell deactivation timer(e.g., one SCell deactivation timer per SCell).

Downlink control information, such as scheduling assignments andscheduling grants, for a cell may be transmitted on the cellcorresponding to the assignments and grants, which is known asself-scheduling. The DCI for the cell may be transmitted on anothercell, which is known as cross-carrier scheduling. Uplink controlinformation (e.g., HARQ acknowledgments and channel state feedback, suchas CQI, PMI, and/or RI) for aggregated cells may be transmitted on thePUCCH of the PCell. For a larger number of aggregated downlink CCs, thePUCCH of the PCell may become overloaded. Cells may be divided intomultiple PUCCH groups.

FIG. 10B illustrates an example of how aggregated cells may beconfigured into one or more PUCCH groups. A PUCCH group 1010 and a PUCCHgroup 1050 may include one or more downlink CCs, respectively. In theexample of FIG. 10B, the PUCCH group 1010 includes three downlink CCs: aPcell1011, an Scell1012, and an Scell1013. The PUCCH group 1050 includesthree downlink CCs in the present example: a Pcell1051, an Scell1052,and an Scell1053. One or more uplink CCs may be configured as aPcell1021, an Scell1022, and an Scell1023. One or more other uplink CCsmay be configured as a primary Scell (PSCell) 1061, an Scell1062, and anScell1063. Uplink control information (UCI) related to the downlink CCsof the PUCCH group 1010, shown as UCI 1031, UCI 1032, and UCI 1033, maybe transmitted in the uplink of the Pcell1021. Uplink controlinformation (UCI) related to the downlink CCs of the PUCCH group 1050,shown as UCI 1071, UCI 1072, and UCI 1073, may be transmitted in theuplink of the PScell1161. In an example, if the aggregated cellsdepicted in FIG. 10B were not divided into the PUCCH group 1010 and thePUCCH group 1050, a single uplink PCell to transmit UCI relating to thedownlink CCs, and the PCell may become overloaded. By dividingtransmissions of UCI between the Pcell1021 and the PScell1161,overloading may be prevented.

A cell, comprising a downlink carrier and optionally an uplink carrier,may be assigned with a physical cell ID and a cell index. The physicalcell ID or the cell index may identify a downlink carrier and/or anuplink carrier of the cell, for example, depending on the context inwhich the physical cell ID is used. A physical cell ID may be determinedusing a synchronization signal transmitted on a downlink componentcarrier. A cell index may be determined using RRC messages. In thedisclosure, a physical cell ID may be referred to as a carrier ID, and acell index may be referred to as a carrier index. For example, when thedisclosure refers to a first physical cell ID for a first downlinkcarrier, the disclosure may mean the first physical cell ID is for acell comprising the first downlink carrier. The same/similar concept mayapply to, for example, a carrier activation. When the disclosureindicates that a first carrier is activated, the specification may meanthat a cell comprising the first carrier is activated.

In CA, a multi-carrier nature of a PHY may be exposed to a MAC. In anexample, a HARQ entity may operate on a serving cell. A transport blockmay be generated per assignment/grant per serving cell. A transportblock and potential HARQ retransmissions of the transport block may bemapped to a serving cell.

In the downlink, a base station may transmit (e.g., unicast, multicast,and/or broadcast) one or more Reference Signals (RSs) to a UE (e.g.,PSS, SSS, CSI-RS, DMRS, and/or PT-RS, as shown in FIG. 5A). In theuplink, the UE may transmit one or more RSs to the base station (e.g.,DMRS, PT-RS, and/or SRS, as shown in FIG. 5B). The PSS and the SSS maybe transmitted by the base station and used by the UE to synchronize theUE to the base station. The PSS and the SSS may be provided in asynchronization signal (SS)/physical broadcast channel (PBCH) block thatincludes the PSS, the SSS, and the PBCH. The base station mayperiodically transmit a burst of SS/PBCH blocks.

FIG. 11A illustrates an example of an SS/PBCH block's structure andlocation. A burst of SS/PBCH blocks may include one or more SS/PBCHblocks (e.g., 4 SS/PBCH blocks, as shown in FIG. 11A). Bursts may betransmitted periodically (e.g., every 2 frames or 20 ms). A burst may berestricted to a half-frame (e.g., a first half-frame having a durationof 5 ms). It will be understood that FIG. 11A is an example, and thatthese parameters (number of SS/PBCH blocks per burst, periodicity ofbursts, position of burst within the frame) may be configured based on,for example: a carrier frequency of a cell in which the SS/PBCH block istransmitted; a numerology or subcarrier spacing of the cell; aconfiguration by the network (e.g., using RRC signaling); or any othersuitable factor. In an example, the UE may assume a subcarrier spacingfor the SS/PBCH block based on the carrier frequency being monitored,unless the radio network configured the UE to assume a differentsubcarrier spacing.

The SS/PBCH block may span one or more OFDM symbols in the time domain(e.g., 4 OFDM symbols, as shown in the example of FIG. 11A) and may spanone or more subcarriers in the frequency domain (e.g., 240 contiguoussubcarriers). The PSS, the SSS, and the PBCH may have a common centerfrequency. The PSS may be transmitted first and may span, for example, 1OFDM symbol and 127 subcarriers. The SSS may be transmitted after thePSS (e.g., two symbols later) and may span 1 OFDM symbol and 127subcarriers. The PBCH may be transmitted after the PSS (e.g., across thenext 3 OFDM symbols) and may span 240 subcarriers.

The location of the SS/PBCH block in the time and frequency domains maynot be known to the UE (e.g., if the UE is searching for the cell). Tofind and select the cell, the UE may monitor a carrier for the PSS. Forexample, the UE may monitor a frequency location within the carrier. Ifthe PSS is not found after a certain duration (e.g., 20 ms), the UE maysearch for the PSS at a different frequency location within the carrier,as indicated by a synchronization raster. If the PSS is found at alocation in the time and frequency domains, the UE may determine, basedon a known structure of the SS/PBCH block, the locations of the SSS andthe PBCH, respectively. The SS/PBCH block may be a cell-defining SSblock (CD-SSB). In an example, a primary cell may be associated with aCD-SSB. The CD-SSB may be located on a synchronization raster. In anexample, a cell selection/search and/or reselection may be based on theCD-SSB.

The SS/PBCH block may be used by the UE to determine one or moreparameters of the cell. For example, the UE may determine a physicalcell identifier (PCI) of the cell based on the sequences of the PSS andthe SSS, respectively. The UE may determine a location of a frameboundary of the cell based on the location of the SS/PBCH block. Forexample, the SS/PBCH block may indicate that it has been transmitted inaccordance with a transmission pattern, wherein a SS/PBCH block in thetransmission pattern is a known distance from the frame boundary.

The PBCH may use a QPSK modulation and may use forward error correction(FEC). The FEC may use polar coding. One or more symbols spanned by thePBCH may carry one or more DMRSs for demodulation of the PBCH. The PBCHmay include an indication of a current system frame number (SFN) of thecell and/or a SS/PBCH block timing index. These parameters mayfacilitate time synchronization of the UE to the base station. The PBCHmay include a master information block (MIB) used to provide the UE withone or more parameters. The MIB may be used by the UE to locateremaining minimum system information (RMSI) associated with the cell.The RMSI may include a System Information Block Type 1 (SIB1). The SIB1may contain information needed by the UE to access the cell. The UE mayuse one or more parameters of the MIB to monitor PDCCH, which may beused to schedule PDSCH. The PDSCH may include the SIB1. The SIB1 may bedecoded using parameters provided in the MIB. The PBCH may indicate anabsence of SIB1. Based on the PBCH indicating the absence of SIB1, theUE may be pointed to a frequency. The UE may search for an SS/PBCH blockat the frequency to which the UE is pointed.

The UE may assume that one or more SS/PBCH blocks transmitted with asame SS/PBCH block index are quasi co-located (QCLed) (e.g., having thesame/similar Doppler spread, Doppler shift, average gain, average delay,and/or spatial Rx parameters). The UE may not assume QCL for SS/PBCHblock transmissions having different SS/PBCH block indices.

SS/PBCH blocks (e.g., those within a half-frame) may be transmitted inspatial directions (e.g., using different beams that span a coveragearea of the cell). In an example, a first SS/PBCH block may betransmitted in a first spatial direction using a first beam, and asecond SS/PBCH block may be transmitted in a second spatial directionusing a second beam.

In an example, within a frequency span of a carrier, a base station maytransmit a plurality of SS/PBCH blocks. In an example, a first PCI of afirst SS/PBCH block of the plurality of SS/PBCH blocks may be differentfrom a second PCI of a second SS/PBCH block of the plurality of SS/PBCHblocks. The PCIs of SS/PBCH blocks transmitted in different frequencylocations may be different or the same.

The CSI-RS may be transmitted by the base station and used by the UE toacquire channel state information (CSI). The base station may configurethe UE with one or more CSI-RSs for channel estimation or any othersuitable purpose. The base station may configure a UE with one or moreof the same/similar CSI-RSs. The UE may measure the one or more CSI-RSs.The UE may estimate a downlink channel state and/or generate a CSIreport based on the measuring of the one or more downlink CSI-RSs. TheUE may provide the CSI report to the base station. The base station mayuse feedback provided by the UE (e.g., the estimated downlink channelstate) to perform link adaptation.

The base station may semi-statically configure the UE with one or moreCSI-RS resource sets. A CSI-RS resource may be associated with alocation in the time and frequency domains and a periodicity. The basestation may selectively activate and/or deactivate a CSI-RS resource.The base station may indicate to the UE that a CSI-RS resource in theCSI-RS resource set is activated and/or deactivated.

The base station may configure the UE to report CSI measurements. Thebase station may configure the UE to provide CSI reports periodically,aperiodically, or semi-persistently. For periodic CSI reporting, the UEmay be configured with a timing and/or periodicity of a plurality of CSIreports. For aperiodic CSI reporting, the base station may request a CSIreport. For example, the base station may command the UE to measure aconfigured CSI-RS resource and provide a CSI report relating to themeasurements. For semi-persistent CSI reporting, the base station mayconfigure the UE to transmit periodically, and selectively activate ordeactivate the periodic reporting. The base station may configure the UEwith a CSI-RS resource set and CSI reports using RRC signaling.

The CSI-RS configuration may comprise one or more parameters indicating,for example, up to 32 antenna ports. The UE may be configured to employthe same OFDM symbols for a downlink CSI-RS and a control resource set(CORESET) when the downlink CSI-RS and CORESET are spatially QCLed andresource elements associated with the downlink CSI-RS are outside of thephysical resource blocks (PRBs) configured for the CORESET. The UE maybe configured to employ the same OFDM symbols for downlink CSI-RS andSS/PBCH blocks when the downlink CSI-RS and SS/PBCH blocks are spatiallyQCLed and resource elements associated with the downlink CSI-RS areoutside of PRBs configured for the SS/PBCH blocks.

Downlink DMRSs may be transmitted by a base station and used by a UE forchannel estimation. For example, the downlink DMRS may be used forcoherent demodulation of one or more downlink physical channels (e.g.,PDSCH). An NR network may support one or more variable and/orconfigurable DMRS patterns for data demodulation. At least one downlinkDMRS configuration may support a front-loaded DMRS pattern. Afront-loaded DMRS may be mapped over one or more OFDM symbols (e.g., oneor two adjacent OFDM symbols). A base station may semi-staticallyconfigure the UE with a number (e.g. a maximum number) of front-loadedDMRS symbols for PDSCH. A DMRS configuration may support one or moreDMRS ports. For example, for single user-MIMO, a DMRS configuration maysupport up to eight orthogonal downlink DMRS ports per UE. Formultiuser-MIMO, a DMRS configuration may support up to 4 orthogonaldownlink DMRS ports per UE. A radio network may support (e.g., at leastfor CP-OFDM) a common DMRS structure for downlink and uplink, wherein aDMRS location, a DMRS pattern, and/or a scrambling sequence may be thesame or different. The base station may transmit a downlink DMRS and acorresponding PDSCH using the same precoding matrix. The UE may use theone or more downlink DMRSs for coherent demodulation/channel estimationof the PDSCH.

In an example, a transmitter (e.g., a base station) may use a precodermatrices for a part of a transmission bandwidth. For example, thetransmitter may use a first precoder matrix for a first bandwidth and asecond precoder matrix for a second bandwidth. The first precoder matrixand the second precoder matrix may be different based on the firstbandwidth being different from the second bandwidth. The UE may assumethat a same precoding matrix is used across a set of PRBs. The set ofPRBs may be denoted as a precoding resource block group (PRG).

A PDSCH may comprise one or more layers. The UE may assume that at leastone symbol with DMRS is present on a layer of the one or more layers ofthe PDSCH. A higher layer may configure up to 3 DMRSs for the PDSCH.

Downlink PT-RS may be transmitted by a base station and used by a UE forphase-noise compensation. Whether a downlink PT-RS is present or not maydepend on an RRC configuration. The presence and/or pattern of thedownlink PT-RS may be configured on a UE-specific basis using acombination of RRC signaling and/or an association with one or moreparameters employed for other purposes (e.g., modulation and codingscheme (MCS)), which may be indicated by DCI. When configured, a dynamicpresence of a downlink PT-RS may be associated with one or more DCIparameters comprising at least MCS. An NR network may support aplurality of PT-RS densities defined in the time and/or frequencydomains. When present, a frequency domain density may be associated withat least one configuration of a scheduled bandwidth. The UE may assume asame precoding for a DMRS port and a PT-RS port. A number of PT-RS portsmay be fewer than a number of DMRS ports in a scheduled resource.Downlink PT-RS may be confined in the scheduled time/frequency durationfor the UE. Downlink PT-RS may be transmitted on symbols to facilitatephase tracking at the receiver.

The UE may transmit an uplink DMRS to a base station for channelestimation. For example, the base station may use the uplink DMRS forcoherent demodulation of one or more uplink physical channels. Forexample, the UE may transmit an uplink DMRS with a PUSCH and/or a PUCCH.The uplink DM-RS may span a range of frequencies that is similar to arange of frequencies associated with the corresponding physical channel.The base station may configure the UE with one or more uplink DMRSconfigurations. At least one DMRS configuration may support afront-loaded DMRS pattern. The front-loaded DMRS may be mapped over oneor more OFDM symbols (e.g., one or two adjacent OFDM symbols). One ormore uplink DMRSs may be configured to transmit at one or more symbolsof a PUSCH and/or a PUCCH. The base station may semi-staticallyconfigure the UE with a number (e.g. maximum number) of front-loadedDMRS symbols for the PUSCH and/or the PUCCH, which the UE may use toschedule a single-symbol DMRS and/or a double-symbol DMRS. An NR networkmay support (e.g., for cyclic prefix orthogonal frequency divisionmultiplexing (CP-OFDM)) a common DMRS structure for downlink and uplink,wherein a DMRS location, a DMRS pattern, and/or a scrambling sequencefor the DMRS may be the same or different.

A PUSCH may comprise one or more layers, and the UE may transmit atleast one symbol with DMRS present on a layer of the one or more layersof the PUSCH. In an example, a higher layer may configure up to threeDMRSs for the PUSCH.

Uplink PT-RS (which may be used by a base station for phase trackingand/or phase-noise compensation) may or may not be present depending onan RRC configuration of the UE. The presence and/or pattern of uplinkPT-RS may be configured on a UE-specific basis by a combination of RRCsignaling and/or one or more parameters employed for other purposes(e.g., Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS)), which may be indicated byDCI. When configured, a dynamic presence of uplink PT-RS may beassociated with one or more DCI parameters comprising at least MCS. Aradio network may support a plurality of uplink PT-RS densities definedin time/frequency domain. When present, a frequency domain density maybe associated with at least one configuration of a scheduled bandwidth.The UE may assume a same precoding for a DMRS port and a PT-RS port. Anumber of PT-RS ports may be fewer than a number of DMRS ports in ascheduled resource. For example, uplink PT-RS may be confined in thescheduled time/frequency duration for the UE.

SRS may be transmitted by a UE to a base station for channel stateestimation to support uplink channel dependent scheduling and/or linkadaptation. SRS transmitted by the UE may allow a base station toestimate an uplink channel state at one or more frequencies. A schedulerat the base station may employ the estimated uplink channel state toassign one or more resource blocks for an uplink PUSCH transmission fromthe UE. The base station may semi-statically configure the UE with oneor more SRS resource sets. For an SRS resource set, the base station mayconfigure the UE with one or more SRS resources. An SRS resource setapplicability may be configured by a higher layer (e.g., RRC) parameter.For example, when a higher layer parameter indicates beam management, anSRS resource in a SRS resource set of the one or more SRS resource sets(e.g., with the same/similar time domain behavior, periodic, aperiodic,and/or the like) may be transmitted at a time instant (e.g.,simultaneously). The UE may transmit one or more SRS resources in SRSresource sets. An NR network may support aperiodic, periodic and/orsemi-persistent SRS transmissions. The UE may transmit SRS resourcesbased on one or more trigger types, wherein the one or more triggertypes may comprise higher layer signaling (e.g., RRC) and/or one or moreDCI formats. In an example, at least one DCI format may be employed forthe UE to select at least one of one or more configured SRS resourcesets. An SRS trigger type 0 may refer to an SRS triggered based on ahigher layer signaling. An SRS trigger type 1 may refer to an SRStriggered based on one or more DCI formats. In an example, when PUSCHand SRS are transmitted in a same slot, the UE may be configured totransmit SRS after a transmission of a PUSCH and a corresponding uplinkDMRS.

The base station may semi-statically configure the UE with one or moreSRS configuration parameters indicating at least one of following: a SRSresource configuration identifier; a number of SRS ports; time domainbehavior of an SRS resource configuration (e.g., an indication ofperiodic, semi-persistent, or aperiodic SRS); slot, mini-slot, and/orsubframe level periodicity; offset for a periodic and/or an aperiodicSRS resource; a number of OFDM symbols in an SRS resource; a startingOFDM symbol of an SRS resource; an SRS bandwidth; a frequency hoppingbandwidth; a cyclic shift; and/or an SRS sequence ID.

An antenna port is defined such that the channel over which a symbol onthe antenna port is conveyed can be inferred from the channel over whichanother symbol on the same antenna port is conveyed. If a first symboland a second symbol are transmitted on the same antenna port, thereceiver may infer the channel (e.g., fading gain, multipath delay,and/or the like) for conveying the second symbol on the antenna port,from the channel for conveying the first symbol on the antenna port. Afirst antenna port and a second antenna port may be referred to as quasico-located (QCLed) if one or more large-scale properties of the channelover which a first symbol on the first antenna port is conveyed may beinferred from the channel over which a second symbol on a second antennaport is conveyed. The one or more large-scale properties may comprise atleast one of: a delay spread; a Doppler spread; a Doppler shift; anaverage gain; an average delay; and/or spatial Receiving (Rx)parameters.

Channels that use beamforming require beam management. Beam managementmay comprise beam measurement, beam selection, and beam indication. Abeam may be associated with one or more reference signals. For example,a beam may be identified by one or more beamformed reference signals.The UE may perform downlink beam measurement based on downlink referencesignals (e.g., a channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS))and generate a beam measurement report. The UE may perform the downlinkbeam measurement procedure after an RRC connection is set up with a basestation.

FIG. 11B illustrates an example of channel state information referencesignals (CSI-RSs) that are mapped in the time and frequency domains. Asquare shown in FIG. 11B may span a resource block (RB) within abandwidth of a cell. A base station may transmit one or more RRCmessages comprising CSI-RS resource configuration parameters indicatingone or more CSI-RSs. One or more of the following parameters may beconfigured by higher layer signaling (e.g., RRC and/or MAC signaling)for a CSI-RS resource configuration: a CSI-RS resource configurationidentity, a number of CSI-RS ports, a CSI-RS configuration (e.g., symboland resource element (RE) locations in a subframe), a CSI-RS subframeconfiguration (e.g., subframe location, offset, and periodicity in aradio frame), a CSI-RS power parameter, a CSI-RS sequence parameter, acode division multiplexing (CDM) type parameter, a frequency density, atransmission comb, quasi co-location (QCL) parameters (e.g.,QCL-scramblingidentity, crs-portscount, mbsfn-subframeconfiglist,csi-rs-configZPid, qcl-csi-rs-configNZPid), and/or other radio resourceparameters.

The three beams illustrated in FIG. 11B may be configured for a UE in aUE-specific configuration. Three beams are illustrated in FIG. 11B (beam#1, beam #2, and beam #3), more or fewer beams may be configured. Beam#1 may be allocated with CSI-RS 1101 that may be transmitted in one ormore subcarriers in an RB of a first symbol. Beam #2 may be allocatedwith CSI-RS 1102 that may be transmitted in one or more subcarriers inan RB of a second symbol. Beam #3 may be allocated with CSI-RS 1103 thatmay be transmitted in one or more subcarriers in an RB of a thirdsymbol. By using frequency division multiplexing (FDM), a base stationmay use other subcarriers in a same RB (for example, those that are notused to transmit CSI-RS 1101) to transmit another CSI-RS associated witha beam for another UE. By using time domain multiplexing (TDM), beamsused for the UE may be configured such that beams for the UE use symbolsfrom beams of other UEs.

CSI-RSs such as those illustrated in FIG. 11B (e.g., CSI-RS 1101, 1102,1103) may be transmitted by the base station and used by the UE for oneor more measurements. For example, the UE may measure a reference signalreceived power (RSRP) of configured CSI-RS resources. The base stationmay configure the UE with a reporting configuration and the UE mayreport the RSRP measurements to a network (for example, via one or morebase stations) based on the reporting configuration. In an example, thebase station may determine, based on the reported measurement results,one or more transmission configuration indication (TCI) statescomprising a number of reference signals. In an example, the basestation may indicate one or more TCI states to the UE (e.g., via RRCsignaling, a MAC CE, and/or a DCI). The UE may receive a downlinktransmission with a receive (Rx) beam determined based on the one ormore TCI states. In an example, the UE may or may not have a capabilityof beam correspondence. If the UE has the capability of beamcorrespondence, the UE may determine a spatial domain filter of atransmit (Tx) beam based on a spatial domain filter of the correspondingRx beam. If the UE does not have the capability of beam correspondence,the UE may perform an uplink beam selection procedure to determine thespatial domain filter of the Tx beam. The UE may perform the uplink beamselection procedure based on one or more sounding reference signal (SRS)resources configured to the UE by the base station. The base station mayselect and indicate uplink beams for the UE based on measurements of theone or more SRS resources transmitted by the UE.

In a beam management procedure, a UE may assess (e.g., measure) achannel quality of one or more beam pair links, a beam pair linkcomprising a transmitting beam transmitted by a base station and areceiving beam received by the UE. Based on the assessment, the UE maytransmit a beam measurement report indicating one or more beam pairquality parameters comprising, e.g., one or more beam identifications(e.g., a beam index, a reference signal index, or the like), RSRP, aprecoding matrix indicator (PMI), a channel quality indicator (CQI),and/or a rank indicator (RI).

FIG. 12A illustrates examples of three downlink beam managementprocedures: P1, P2, and P3. Procedure P1 may enable a UE measurement ontransmit (Tx) beams of a transmission reception point (TRP) (or multipleTRPs), e.g., to support a selection of one or more base station Tx beamsand/or UE Rx beams (shown as ovals in the top row and bottom row,respectively, of P1). Beamforming at a TRP may comprise a Tx beam sweepfor a set of beams (shown, in the top rows of P1 and P2, as ovalsrotated in a counter-clockwise direction indicated by the dashed arrow).Beamforming at a UE may comprise an Rx beam sweep for a set of beams(shown, in the bottom rows of P1 and P3, as ovals rotated in a clockwisedirection indicated by the dashed arrow). Procedure P2 may be used toenable a UE measurement on Tx beams of a TRP (shown, in the top row ofP2, as ovals rotated in a counter-clockwise direction indicated by thedashed arrow). The UE and/or the base station may perform procedure P2using a smaller set of beams than is used in procedure P1, or usingnarrower beams than the beams used in procedure P1. This may be referredto as beam refinement. The UE may perform procedure P3 for Rx beamdetermination by using the same Tx beam at the base station and sweepingan Rx beam at the UE.

FIG. 12B illustrates examples of three uplink beam managementprocedures: U1, U2, and U3. Procedure U1 may be used to enable a basestation to perform a measurement on Tx beams of a UE, e.g., to support aselection of one or more UE Tx beams and/or base station Rx beams (shownas ovals in the top row and bottom row, respectively, of U1).Beamforming at the UE may include, e.g., a Tx beam sweep from a set ofbeams (shown in the bottom rows of U1 and U3 as ovals rotated in aclockwise direction indicated by the dashed arrow). Beamforming at thebase station may include, e.g., an Rx beam sweep from a set of beams(shown, in the top rows of U1 and U2, as ovals rotated in acounter-clockwise direction indicated by the dashed arrow). Procedure U2may be used to enable the base station to adjust its Rx beam when the UEuses a fixed Tx beam. The UE and/or the base station may performprocedure U2 using a smaller set of beams than is used in procedure P1,or using narrower beams than the beams used in procedure P1. This may bereferred to as beam refinement The UE may perform procedure U3 to adjustits Tx beam when the base station uses a fixed Rx beam.

A UE may initiate a beam failure recovery (BFR) procedure based ondetecting a beam failure. The UE may transmit a BFR request (e.g., apreamble, a UCI, an SR, a MAC CE, and/or the like) based on theinitiating of the BFR procedure. The UE may detect the beam failurebased on a determination that a quality of beam pair link(s) of anassociated control channel is unsatisfactory (e.g., having an error ratehigher than an error rate threshold, a received signal power lower thana received signal power threshold, an expiration of a timer, and/or thelike).

The UE may measure a quality of a beam pair link using one or morereference signals (RSs) comprising one or more SS/PBCH blocks, one ormore CSI-RS resources, and/or one or more demodulation reference signals(DMRSs). A quality of the beam pair link may be based on one or more ofa block error rate (BLER), an RSRP value, a signal to interference plusnoise ratio (SINR) value, a reference signal received quality (RSRQ)value, and/or a CSI value measured on RS resources. The base station mayindicate that an RS resource is quasi co-located (QCLed) with one ormore DM-RSs of a channel (e.g., a control channel, a shared datachannel, and/or the like). The RS resource and the one or more DMRSs ofthe channel may be QCLed when the channel characteristics (e.g., Dopplershift, Doppler spread, average delay, delay spread, spatial Rxparameter, fading, and/or the like) from a transmission via the RSresource to the UE are similar or the same as the channelcharacteristics from a transmission via the channel to the UE.

A network (e.g., a gNB and/or an ng-eNB of a network) and/or the UE mayinitiate a random access procedure. A UE in an RRC_IDLE state and/or anRRC_INACTIVE state may initiate the random access procedure to request aconnection setup to a network. The UE may initiate the random accessprocedure from an RRC_CONNECTED state. The UE may initiate the randomaccess procedure to request uplink resources (e.g., for uplinktransmission of an SR when there is no PUCCH resource available) and/oracquire uplink timing (e.g., when uplink synchronization status isnon-synchronized). The UE may initiate the random access procedure torequest one or more system information blocks (SIBs) (e.g., other systeminformation such as SIB2, SIB3, and/or the like). The UE may initiatethe random access procedure for a beam failure recovery request. Anetwork may initiate a random access procedure for a handover and/or forestablishing time alignment for an SCell addition.

FIG. 13A illustrates a four-step contention-based random accessprocedure. Prior to initiation of the procedure, a base station maytransmit a configuration message 1310 to the UE. The procedureillustrated in FIG. 13A comprises transmission of four messages: a Msg 11311, a Msg 2 1312, a Msg 3 1313, and a Msg 4 1314. The Msg 1 1311 mayinclude and/or be referred to as a preamble (or a random accesspreamble). The Msg 2 1312 may include and/or be referred to as a randomaccess response (RAR).

The configuration message 1310 may be transmitted, for example, usingone or more RRC messages. The one or more RRC messages may indicate oneor more random access channel (RACH) parameters to the UE. The one ormore RACH parameters may comprise at least one of following: generalparameters for one or more random access procedures (e.g.,RACH-configGeneral); cell-specific parameters (e.g., RACH-ConfigCommon);and/or dedicated parameters (e.g., RACH-configDedicated). The basestation may broadcast or multicast the one or more RRC messages to oneor more UEs. The one or more RRC messages may be UE-specific (e.g.,dedicated RRC messages transmitted to a UE in an RRC_CONNECTED stateand/or in an RRC_INACTIVE state). The UE may determine, based on the oneor more RACH parameters, a time-frequency resource and/or an uplinktransmit power for transmission of the Msg 1 1311 and/or the Msg 3 1313.Based on the one or more RACH parameters, the UE may determine areception timing and a downlink channel for receiving the Msg 2 1312 andthe Msg 4 1314.

The one or more RACH parameters provided in the configuration message1310 may indicate one or more Physical RACH (PRACH) occasions availablefor transmission of the Msg 1 1311. The one or more PRACH occasions maybe predefined. The one or more RACH parameters may indicate one or moreavailable sets of one or more PRACH occasions (e.g., prach-ConfigIndex).The one or more RACH parameters may indicate an association between (a)one or more PRACH occasions and (b) one or more reference signals. Theone or more RACH parameters may indicate an association between (a) oneor more preambles and (b) one or more reference signals. The one or morereference signals may be SS/PBCH blocks and/or CSI-RSs. For example, theone or more RACH parameters may indicate a number of SS/PBCH blocksmapped to a PRACH occasion and/or a number of preambles mapped to aSS/PBCH blocks.

The one or more RACH parameters provided in the configuration message1310 may be used to determine an uplink transmit power of Msg 1 1311and/or Msg 3 1313. For example, the one or more RACH parameters mayindicate a reference power for a preamble transmission (e.g., a receivedtarget power and/or an initial power of the preamble transmission).There may be one or more power offsets indicated by the one or more RACHparameters. For example, the one or more RACH parameters may indicate: apower ramping step; a power offset between SSB and CSI-RS; a poweroffset between transmissions of the Msg 1 1311 and the Msg 3 1313;and/or a power offset value between preamble groups. The one or moreRACH parameters may indicate one or more thresholds based on which theUE may determine at least one reference signal (e.g., an SSB and/orCSI-RS) and/or an uplink carrier (e.g., a normal uplink (NUL) carrierand/or a supplemental uplink (SUL) carrier).

The Msg 1 1311 may include one or more preamble transmissions (e.g., apreamble transmission and one or more preamble retransmissions). An RRCmessage may be used to configure one or more preamble groups (e.g.,group A and/or group B). A preamble group may comprise one or morepreambles. The UE may determine the preamble group based on a pathlossmeasurement and/or a size of the Msg 3 1313. The UE may measure an RSRPof one or more reference signals (e.g., SSBs and/or CSI-RSs) anddetermine at least one reference signal having an RSRP above an RSRPthreshold (e.g., rsrp-ThresholdSSB and/or rsrp-ThresholdCSI-RS). The UEmay select at least one preamble associated with the one or morereference signals and/or a selected preamble group, for example, if theassociation between the one or more preambles and the at least onereference signal is configured by an RRC message.

The UE may determine the preamble based on the one or more RACHparameters provided in the configuration message 1310. For example, theUE may determine the preamble based on a pathloss measurement, an RSRPmeasurement, and/or a size of the Msg 3 1313. As another example, theone or more RACH parameters may indicate: a preamble format; a maximumnumber of preamble transmissions; and/or one or more thresholds fordetermining one or more preamble groups (e.g., group A and group B). Abase station may use the one or more RACH parameters to configure the UEwith an association between one or more preambles and one or morereference signals (e.g., SSBs and/or CSI-RSs). If the association isconfigured, the UE may determine the preamble to include in Msg 1 1311based on the association. The Msg 1 1311 may be transmitted to the basestation via one or more PRACH occasions. The UE may use one or morereference signals (e.g., SSBs and/or CSI-RSs) for selection of thepreamble and for determining of the PRACH occasion. One or more RACHparameters (e.g., ra-ssb-OccasionMskIndex and/or ra-OccasionList) mayindicate an association between the PRACH occasions and the one or morereference signals.

The UE may perform a preamble retransmission if no response is receivedfollowing a preamble transmission. The UE may increase an uplinktransmit power for the preamble retransmission. The UE may select aninitial preamble transmit power based on a pathloss measurement and/or atarget received preamble power configured by the network. The UE maydetermine to retransmit a preamble and may ramp up the uplink transmitpower. The UE may receive one or more RACH parameters (e.g.,PREAMBLE_POWER_RAMPING_STEP) indicating a ramping step for the preambleretransmission. The ramping step may be an amount of incrementalincrease in uplink transmit power for a retransmission. The UE may rampup the uplink transmit power if the UE determines a reference signal(e.g., SSB and/or CSI-RS) that is the same as a previous preambletransmission. The UE may count a number of preamble transmissions and/orretransmissions (e.g., PREAMBLE_TRANSMISSION_COUNTER). The UE maydetermine that a random access procedure completed unsuccessfully, forexample, if the number of preamble transmissions exceeds a thresholdconfigured by the one or more RACH parameters (e.g., preambleTransMax).

The Msg 2 1312 received by the UE may include an RAR. In some scenarios,the Msg 2 1312 may include multiple RARs corresponding to multiple UEs.The Msg 2 1312 may be received after or in response to the transmittingof the Msg 1 1311. The Msg 2 1312 may be scheduled on the DL-SCH andindicated on a PDCCH using a random access RNTI (RA-RNTI). The Msg 21312 may indicate that the Msg 1 1311 was received by the base station.The Msg 2 1312 may include a time-alignment command that may be used bythe UE to adjust the UE's transmission timing, a scheduling grant fortransmission of the Msg 3 1313, and/or a Temporary Cell RNTI (TC-RNTI).After transmitting a preamble, the UE may start a time window (e.g.,ra-ResponseWindow) to monitor a PDCCH for the Msg 2 1312. The UE maydetermine when to start the time window based on a PRACH occasion thatthe UE uses to transmit the preamble. For example, the UE may start thetime window one or more symbols after a last symbol of the preamble(e.g., at a first PDCCH occasion from an end of a preambletransmission). The one or more symbols may be determined based on anumerology. The PDCCH may be in a common search space (e.g., aType1-PDCCH common search space) configured by an RRC message. The UEmay identify the RAR based on a Radio Network Temporary Identifier(RNTI). RNTIs may be used depending on one or more events initiating therandom access procedure. The UE may use random access RNTI (RA-RNTI).The RA-RNTI may be associated with PRACH occasions in which the UEtransmits a preamble. For example, the UE may determine the RA-RNTIbased on: an OFDM symbol index; a slot index; a frequency domain index;and/or a UL carrier indicator of the PRACH occasions. An example ofRA-RNTI may be as follows:

RA-RNTI=1+s_id+14×t_id+14×80×f_id+14×80×8×ul_carrier_id

where s_id may be an index of a first OFDM symbol of the PRACH occasion(e.g., 0≤s_id<14), t_id may be an index of a first slot of the PRACHoccasion in a system frame (e.g., 0≤t_id<80), fid may be an index of thePRACH occasion in the frequency domain (e.g., 0≤f_id<8), andul_carrier_id may be a UL carrier used for a preamble transmission(e.g., 0 for an NUL carrier, and 1 for an SUL carrier).The UE may transmit the Msg 3 1313 in response to a successful receptionof the Msg 2 1312 (e.g., using resources identified in the Msg 2 1312).The Msg 3 1313 may be used for contention resolution in, for example,the contention-based random access procedure illustrated in FIG. 13A. Insome scenarios, a plurality of UEs may transmit a same preamble to abase station and the base station may provide an RAR that corresponds toa UE. Collisions may occur if the plurality of UEs interpret the RAR ascorresponding to themselves. Contention resolution (e.g., using the Msg3 1313 and the Msg 4 1314) may be used to increase the likelihood thatthe UE does not incorrectly use an identity of another the UE. Toperform contention resolution, the UE may include a device identifier inthe Msg 3 1313 (e.g., a C-RNTI if assigned, a TC-RNTI included in theMsg 2 1312, and/or any other suitable identifier).

The Msg 4 1314 may be received after or in response to the transmittingof the Msg 3 1313. If a C-RNTI was included in the Msg 3 1313, the basestation will address the UE on the PDCCH using the C-RNTI. If the UE'sunique C-RNTI is detected on the PDCCH, the random access procedure isdetermined to be successfully completed. If a TC-RNTI is included in theMsg 3 1313 (e.g., if the UE is in an RRC_IDLE state or not otherwiseconnected to the base station), Msg 4 1314 will be received using aDL-SCH associated with the TC-RNTI. If a MAC PDU is successfully decodedand a MAC PDU comprises the UE contention resolution identity MAC CEthat matches or otherwise corresponds with the CCCH SDU sent (e.g.,transmitted) in Msg 3 1313, the UE may determine that the contentionresolution is successful and/or the UE may determine that the randomaccess procedure is successfully completed.

The UE may be configured with a supplementary uplink (SUL) carrier and anormal uplink (NUL) carrier. An initial access (e.g., random accessprocedure) may be supported in an uplink carrier. For example, a basestation may configure the UE with two separate RACH configurations: onefor an SUL carrier and the other for an NUL carrier. For random accessin a cell configured with an SUL carrier, the network may indicate whichcarrier to use (NUL or SUL). The UE may determine the SUL carrier, forexample, if a measured quality of one or more reference signals is lowerthan a broadcast threshold. Uplink transmissions of the random accessprocedure (e.g., the Msg 1 1311 and/or the Msg 3 1313) may remain on theselected carrier. The UE may switch an uplink carrier during the randomaccess procedure (e.g., between the Msg 1 1311 and the Msg 3 1313) inone or more cases. For example, the UE may determine and/or switch anuplink carrier for the Msg 1 1311 and/or the Msg 3 1313 based on achannel clear assessment (e.g., a listen-before-talk).

FIG. 13B illustrates a two-step contention-free random access procedure.Similar to the four-step contention-based random access procedureillustrated in FIG. 13A, a base station may, prior to initiation of theprocedure, transmit a configuration message 1320 to the UE. Theconfiguration message 1320 may be analogous in some respects to theconfiguration message 1310. The procedure illustrated in FIG. 13Bcomprises transmission of two messages: a Msg 1 1321 and a Msg 2 1322.The Msg 1 1321 and the Msg 2 1322 may be analogous in some respects tothe Msg 1 1311 and a Msg 2 1312 illustrated in FIG. 13A, respectively.As will be understood from FIGS. 13A and 13B, the contention-free randomaccess procedure may not include messages analogous to the Msg 3 1313and/or the Msg 4 1314.

The contention-free random access procedure illustrated in FIG. 13B maybe initiated for a beam failure recovery, other SI request, SCelladdition, and/or handover. For example, a base station may indicate orassign to the UE the preamble to be used for the Msg 1 1321. The UE mayreceive, from the base station via PDCCH and/or RRC, an indication of apreamble (e.g., ra-PreambleIndex).

After transmitting a preamble, the UE may start a time window (e.g.,ra-ResponseWindow) to monitor a PDCCH for the RAR. In the event of abeam failure recovery request, the base station may configure the UEwith a separate time window and/or a separate PDCCH in a search spaceindicated by an RRC message (e.g., recoverySearchSpaceId). The UE maymonitor for a PDCCH transmission addressed to a Cell RNTI (C-RNTI) onthe search space. In the contention-free random access procedureillustrated in FIG. 13B, the UE may determine that a random accessprocedure successfully completes after or in response to transmission ofMsg 1 1321 and reception of a corresponding Msg 2 1322. The UE maydetermine that a random access procedure successfully completes, forexample, if a PDCCH transmission is addressed to a C-RNTI. The UE maydetermine that a random access procedure successfully completes, forexample, if the UE receives an RAR comprising a preamble identifiercorresponding to a preamble transmitted by the UE and/or the RARcomprises a MAC sub-PDU with the preamble identifier. The UE maydetermine the response as an indication of an acknowledgement for an SIrequest.

FIG. 13C illustrates another two-step random access procedure. Similarto the random access procedures illustrated in FIGS. 13A and 13B, a basestation may, prior to initiation of the procedure, transmit aconfiguration message 1330 to the UE. The configuration message 1330 maybe analogous in some respects to the configuration message 1310 and/orthe configuration message 1320. The procedure illustrated in FIG. 13Ccomprises transmission of two messages: a Msg A 1331 and a Msg B 1332.

Msg A 1320 may be transmitted in an uplink transmission by the UE. Msg A1320 may comprise one or more transmissions of a preamble 1341 and/orone or more transmissions of a transport block 1342. The transport block1342 may comprise contents that are similar and/or equivalent to thecontents of the Msg 3 1313 illustrated in FIG. 13A. The transport block1342 may comprise UCI (e.g., an SR, a HARQ ACK/NACK, and/or the like).The UE may receive the Msg B 1350 after or in response to transmittingthe Msg A 1320. The Msg B 1350 may comprise contents that are similarand/or equivalent to the contents of the Msg 2 1312 (e.g., an RAR)illustrated in FIGS. 13A and 13B and/or the Msg 4 1314 illustrated inFIG. 13A.

The UE may initiate the two-step random access procedure in FIG. 13C forlicensed spectrum and/or unlicensed spectrum. The UE may determine,based on one or more factors, whether to initiate the two-step randomaccess procedure. The one or more factors may be: a radio accesstechnology in use (e.g., LTE, NR, and/or the like); whether the UE hasvalid TA or not; a cell size; the UE's RRC state; a type of spectrum(e.g., licensed vs. unlicensed); and/or any other suitable factors.

The UE may determine, based on two-step RACH parameters included in theconfiguration message 1330, a radio resource and/or an uplink transmitpower for the preamble 1341 and/or the transport block 1342 included inthe Msg A 1331. The RACH parameters may indicate a modulation and codingschemes (MCS), a time-frequency resource, and/or a power control for thepreamble 1341 and/or the transport block 1342. A time-frequency resourcefor transmission of the preamble 1341 (e.g., a PRACH) and atime-frequency resource for transmission of the transport block 1342(e.g., a PUSCH) may be multiplexed using FDM, TDM, and/or CDM. The RACHparameters may enable the UE to determine a reception timing and adownlink channel for monitoring for and/or receiving Msg B 1350.

The transport block 1342 may comprise data (e.g., delay-sensitive data),an identifier of the UE, security information, and/or device information(e.g., an International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI)). The basestation may transmit the Msg B 1332 as a response to the Msg A 1331. TheMsg B 1332 may comprise at least one of following: a preambleidentifier; a timing advance command; a power control command; an uplinkgrant (e.g., a radio resource assignment and/or an MCS); a UE identifierfor contention resolution; and/or an RNTI (e.g., a C-RNTI or a TC-RNTI).The UE may determine that the two-step random access procedure issuccessfully completed if: a preamble identifier in the Msg B 1332 ismatched to a preamble transmitted by the UE; and/or the identifier ofthe UE in Msg B 1332 is matched to the identifier of the UE in the Msg A1331 (e.g., the transport block 1342).

A UE and a base station may exchange control signaling. The controlsignaling may be referred to as L1/L2 control signaling and mayoriginate from the PHY layer (e.g., layer 1) and/or the MAC layer (e.g.,layer 2). The control signaling may comprise downlink control signalingtransmitted from the base station to the UE and/or uplink controlsignaling transmitted from the UE to the base station.

The downlink control signaling may comprise: a downlink schedulingassignment; an uplink scheduling grant indicating uplink radio resourcesand/or a transport format; a slot format information; a preemptionindication; a power control command; and/or any other suitablesignaling. The UE may receive the downlink control signaling in apayload transmitted by the base station on a physical downlink controlchannel (PDCCH). The payload transmitted on the PDCCH may be referred toas downlink control information (DCI). In some scenarios, the PDCCH maybe a group common PDCCH (GC-PDCCH) that is common to a group of UEs.

A base station may attach one or more cyclic redundancy check (CRC)parity bits to a DCI in order to facilitate detection of transmissionerrors. When the DCI is intended for a UE (or a group of the UEs), thebase station may scramble the CRC parity bits with an identifier of theUE (or an identifier of the group of the UEs). Scrambling the CRC paritybits with the identifier may comprise Modulo-2 addition (or an exclusiveOR operation) of the identifier value and the CRC parity bits. Theidentifier may comprise a 16-bit value of a radio network temporaryidentifier (RNTI).

DCIs may be used for different purposes. A purpose may be indicated bythe type of RNTI used to scramble the CRC parity bits. For example, aDCI having CRC parity bits scrambled with a paging RNTI (P-RNTI) mayindicate paging information and/or a system information changenotification. The P-RNTI may be predefined as “FFFE” in hexadecimal. ADCI having CRC parity bits scrambled with a system information RNTI(SI-RNTI) may indicate a broadcast transmission of the systeminformation. The SI-RNTI may be predefined as “FFFF” in hexadecimal. ADCI having CRC parity bits scrambled with a random access RNTI (RA-RNTI)may indicate a random access response (RAR). A DCI having CRC paritybits scrambled with a cell RNTI (C-RNTI) may indicate a dynamicallyscheduled unicast transmission and/or a triggering of PDCCH-orderedrandom access. A DCI having CRC parity bits scrambled with a temporarycell RNTI (TC-RNTI) may indicate a contention resolution (e.g., a Msg 3analogous to the Msg 3 1313 illustrated in FIG. 13A). Other RNTIsconfigured to the UE by a base station may comprise a ConfiguredScheduling RNTI (CS-RNTI), a Transmit Power Control-PUCCH RNTI(TPC-PUCCH-RNTI), a Transmit Power Control-PUSCH RNTI (TPC-PUSCH-RNTI),a Transmit Power Control-SRS RNTI (TPC-SRS-RNTI), an Interruption RNTI(INT-RNTI), a Slot Format Indication RNTI (SFI-RNTI), a Semi-PersistentCSI RNTI (SP-CSI-RNTI), a Modulation and Coding Scheme Cell RNTI(MCS-C-RNTI), and/or the like.

Depending on the purpose and/or content of a DCI, the base station maytransmit the DCIs with one or more DCI formats. For example, DCI format0_0 may be used for scheduling of PUSCH in a cell. DCI format 0_0 may bea fallback DCI format (e.g., with compact DCI payloads). DCI format 0_1may be used for scheduling of PUSCH in a cell (e.g., with more DCIpayloads than DCI format 0_0). DCI format 1_0 may be used for schedulingof PDSCH in a cell. DCI format 1_0 may be a fallback DCI format (e.g.,with compact DCI payloads). DCI format 1_1 may be used for scheduling ofPDSCH in a cell (e.g., with more DCI payloads than DCI format 1_0). DCIformat 2_0 may be used for providing a slot format indication to a groupof UEs. DCI format 2_1 may be used for notifying a group of UEs of aphysical resource block and/or OFDM symbol where the UE may assume notransmission is intended to the UE. DCI format 2_2 may be used fortransmission of a transmit power control (TPC) command for PUCCH orPUSCH. DCI format 2_3 may be used for transmission of a group of TPCcommands for SRS transmissions by one or more UEs. DCI format(s) for newfunctions may be defined in future releases. DCI formats may havedifferent DCI sizes, or may share the same DCI size.

After scrambling a DCI with a RNTI, the base station may process the DCIwith channel coding (e.g., polar coding), rate matching, scramblingand/or QPSK modulation. A base station may map the coded and modulatedDCI on resource elements used and/or configured for a PDCCH. Based on apayload size of the DCI and/or a coverage of the base station, the basestation may transmit the DCI via a PDCCH occupying a number ofcontiguous control channel elements (CCEs). The number of the contiguousCCEs (referred to as aggregation level) may be 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, and/orany other suitable number. A CCE may comprise a number (e.g., 6) ofresource-element groups (REGs). A REG may comprise a resource block inan OFDM symbol. The mapping of the coded and modulated DCI on theresource elements may be based on mapping of CCEs and REGs (e.g.,CCE-to-REG mapping).

FIG. 14A illustrates an example of CORESET configurations for abandwidth part. The base station may transmit a DCI via a PDCCH on oneor more control resource sets (CORESETs). A CORESET may comprise atime-frequency resource in which the UE tries to decode a DCI using oneor more search spaces. The base station may configure a size and alocation of the CORESET in the time-frequency domain. In the example ofFIG. 14A, a first CORESET 1401 and a second CORESET 1402 occur at thefirst symbol in a slot. The first CORESET 1401 overlaps with the secondCORESET 1402 in the frequency domain. A third CORESET 1403 occurs at athird symbol in the slot. A fourth CORESET 1404 occurs at the seventhsymbol in the slot. CORESETs may have a different number of resourceblocks in frequency domain.

FIG. 14B illustrates an example of a CCE-to-REG mapping for DCItransmission on a CORESET and PDCCH processing. The CCE-to-REG mappingmay be an interleaved mapping (e.g., for the purpose of providingfrequency diversity) or a non-interleaved mapping (e.g., for thepurposes of facilitating interference coordination and/orfrequency-selective transmission of control channels). The base stationmay perform different or same CCE-to-REG mapping on different CORESETs.A CORESET may be associated with a CCE-to-REG mapping by RRCconfiguration. A CORESET may be configured with an antenna port quasico-location (QCL) parameter. The antenna port QCL parameter may indicateQCL information of a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) for PDCCHreception in the CORESET.

The base station may transmit, to the UE, RRC messages comprisingconfiguration parameters of one or more CORESETs and one or more searchspace sets. The configuration parameters may indicate an associationbetween a search space set and a CORESET. A search space set maycomprise a set of PDCCH candidates formed by CCEs at a given aggregationlevel. The configuration parameters may indicate: a number of PDCCHcandidates to be monitored per aggregation level; a PDCCH monitoringperiodicity and a PDCCH monitoring pattern; one or more DCI formats tobe monitored by the UE; and/or whether a search space set is a commonsearch space set or a UE-specific search space set. A set of CCEs in thecommon search space set may be predefined and known to the UE. A set ofCCEs in the UE-specific search space set may be configured based on theUE's identity (e.g., C-RNTI).

As shown in FIG. 14B, the UE may determine a time-frequency resource fora CORESET based on RRC messages. The UE may determine a CCE-to-REGmapping (e.g., interleaved or non-interleaved, and/or mappingparameters) for the CORESET based on configuration parameters of theCORESET. The UE may determine a number (e.g., at most 10) of searchspace sets configured on the CORESET based on the RRC messages. The UEmay monitor a set of PDCCH candidates according to configurationparameters of a search space set. The UE may monitor a set of PDCCHcandidates in one or more CORESETs for detecting one or more DCIs.Monitoring may comprise decoding one or more PDCCH candidates of the setof the PDCCH candidates according to the monitored DCI formats.Monitoring may comprise decoding a DCI content of one or more PDCCHcandidates with possible (or configured) PDCCH locations, possible (orconfigured) PDCCH formats (e.g., number of CCEs, number of PDCCHcandidates in common search spaces, and/or number of PDCCH candidates inthe UE-specific search spaces) and possible (or configured) DCI formats.The decoding may be referred to as blind decoding. The UE may determinea DCI as valid for the UE, in response to CRC checking (e.g., scrambledbits for CRC parity bits of the DCI matching a RNTI value). The UE mayprocess information contained in the DCI (e.g., a scheduling assignment,an uplink grant, power control, a slot format indication, a downlinkpreemption, and/or the like).

The UE may transmit uplink control signaling (e.g., uplink controlinformation (UCI)) to a base station. The uplink control signaling maycomprise hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) acknowledgements forreceived DL-SCH transport blocks. The UE may transmit the HARQacknowledgements after receiving a DL-SCH transport block. Uplinkcontrol signaling may comprise channel state information (CSI)indicating channel quality of a physical downlink channel. The UE maytransmit the CSI to the base station. The base station, based on thereceived CSI, may determine transmission format parameters (e.g.,comprising multi-antenna and beamforming schemes) for a downlinktransmission. Uplink control signaling may comprise scheduling requests(SR). The UE may transmit an SR indicating that uplink data is availablefor transmission to the base station. The UE may transmit a UCI (e.g.,HARQ acknowledgements (HARQ-ACK), CSI report, SR, and the like) via aphysical uplink control channel (PUCCH) or a physical uplink sharedchannel (PUSCH). The UE may transmit the uplink control signaling via aPUCCH using one of several PUCCH formats.

There may be five PUCCH formats and the UE may determine a PUCCH formatbased on a size of the UCI (e.g., a number of uplink symbols of UCItransmission and a number of UCI bits). PUCCH format 0 may have a lengthof one or two OFDM symbols and may include two or fewer bits. The UE maytransmit UCI in a PUCCH resource using PUCCH format 0 if thetransmission is over one or two symbols and the number of HARQ-ACKinformation bits with positive or negative SR (HARQ-ACK/SR bits) is oneor two. PUCCH format 1 may occupy a number between four and fourteenOFDM symbols and may include two or fewer bits. The UE may use PUCCHformat 1 if the transmission is four or more symbols and the number ofHARQ-ACK/SR bits is one or two. PUCCH format 2 may occupy one or twoOFDM symbols and may include more than two bits. The UE may use PUCCHformat 2 if the transmission is over one or two symbols and the numberof UCI bits is two or more. PUCCH format 3 may occupy a number betweenfour and fourteen OFDM symbols and may include more than two bits. TheUE may use PUCCH format 3 if the transmission is four or more symbols,the number of UCI bits is two or more and PUCCH resource does notinclude an orthogonal cover code. PUCCH format 4 may occupy a numberbetween four and fourteen OFDM symbols and may include more than twobits. The UE may use PUCCH format 4 if the transmission is four or moresymbols, the number of UCI bits is two or more and the PUCCH resourceincludes an orthogonal cover code.

The base station may transmit configuration parameters to the UE for aplurality of PUCCH resource sets using, for example, an RRC message. Theplurality of PUCCH resource sets (e.g., up to four sets) may beconfigured on an uplink BWP of a cell. A PUCCH resource set may beconfigured with a PUCCH resource set index, a plurality of PUCCHresources with a PUCCH resource being identified by a PUCCH resourceidentifier (e.g., pucch-Resourceid), and/or a number (e.g., a maximumnumber) of UCI information bits the UE may transmit using one of theplurality of PUCCH resources in the PUCCH resource set. When configuredwith a plurality of PUCCH resource sets, the UE may select one of theplurality of PUCCH resource sets based on a total bit length of the UCIinformation bits (e.g., HARQ-ACK, SR, and/or CSI). If the total bitlength of UCI information bits is two or fewer, the UE may select afirst PUCCH resource set having a PUCCH resource set index equal to “0”.If the total bit length of UCI information bits is greater than two andless than or equal to a first configured value, the UE may select asecond PUCCH resource set having a PUCCH resource set index equal to“1”. If the total bit length of UCI information bits is greater than thefirst configured value and less than or equal to a second configuredvalue, the UE may select a third PUCCH resource set having a PUCCHresource set index equal to “2”. If the total bit length of UCIinformation bits is greater than the second configured value and lessthan or equal to a third value (e.g., 1406), the UE may select a fourthPUCCH resource set having a PUCCH resource set index equal to “3”.

After determining a PUCCH resource set from a plurality of PUCCHresource sets, the UE may determine a PUCCH resource from the PUCCHresource set for UCI (HARQ-ACK, CSI, and/or SR) transmission. The UE maydetermine the PUCCH resource based on a PUCCH resource indicator in aDCI (e.g., with a DCI format 1_0 or DCI for 1_1) received on a PDCCH. Athree-bit PUCCH resource indicator in the DCI may indicate one of eightPUCCH resources in the PUCCH resource set. Based on the PUCCH resourceindicator, the UE may transmit the UCI (HARQ-ACK, CSI and/or SR) using aPUCCH resource indicated by the PUCCH resource indicator in the DCI.

FIG. 15 illustrates an example of a wireless device 1502 incommunication with a base station 1504 in accordance with embodiments ofthe present disclosure. The wireless device 1502 and base station 1504may be part of a mobile communication network, such as the mobilecommunication network 100 illustrated in FIG. 1A, the mobilecommunication network 150 illustrated in FIG. 1B, or any othercommunication network. Only one wireless device 1502 and one basestation 1504 are illustrated in FIG. 15, but it will be understood thata mobile communication network may include more than one UE and/or morethan one base station, with the same or similar configuration as thoseshown in FIG. 15.

The base station 1504 may connect the wireless device 1502 to a corenetwork (not shown) through radio communications over the air interface(or radio interface) 1506. The communication direction from the basestation 1504 to the wireless device 1502 over the air interface 1506 isknown as the downlink, and the communication direction from the wirelessdevice 1502 to the base station 1504 over the air interface is known asthe uplink. Downlink transmissions may be separated from uplinktransmissions using FDD, TDD, and/or some combination of the twoduplexing techniques.

In the downlink, data to be sent to the wireless device 1502 from thebase station 1504 may be provided to the processing system 1508 of thebase station 1504. The data may be provided to the processing system1508 by, for example, a core network. In the uplink, data to be sent tothe base station 1504 from the wireless device 1502 may be provided tothe processing system 1518 of the wireless device 1502. The processingsystem 1508 and the processing system 1518 may implement layer 3 andlayer 2 OSI functionality to process the data for transmission. Layer 2may include an SDAP layer, a PDCP layer, an RLC layer, and a MAC layer,for example, with respect to FIG. 2A, FIG. 2B, FIG. 3, and FIG. 4A.Layer 3 may include an RRC layer as with respect to FIG. 2B.

After being processed by processing system 1508, the data to be sent tothe wireless device 1502 may be provided to a transmission processingsystem 1510 of base station 1504. Similarly, after being processed bythe processing system 1518, the data to be sent to base station 1504 maybe provided to a transmission processing system 1520 of the wirelessdevice 1502. The transmission processing system 1510 and thetransmission processing system 1520 may implement layer 1 OSIfunctionality. Layer 1 may include a PHY layer with respect to FIG. 2A,FIG. 2B, FIG. 3, and FIG. 4A. For transmit processing, the PHY layer mayperform, for example, forward error correction coding of transportchannels, interleaving, rate matching, mapping of transport channels tophysical channels, modulation of physical channel, multiple-inputmultiple-output (MIMO) or multi-antenna processing, and/or the like.

At the base station 1504, a reception processing system 1512 may receivethe uplink transmission from the wireless device 1502. At the wirelessdevice 1502, a reception processing system 1522 may receive the downlinktransmission from base station 1504. The reception processing system1512 and the reception processing system 1522 may implement layer 1 OSIfunctionality. Layer 1 may include a PHY layer with respect to FIG. 2A,FIG. 2B, FIG. 3, and FIG. 4A. For receive processing, the PHY layer mayperform, for example, error detection, forward error correctiondecoding, deinterleaving, demapping of transport channels to physicalchannels, demodulation of physical channels, MIMO or multi-antennaprocessing, and/or the like.

As shown in FIG. 15, a wireless device 1502 and the base station 1504may include multiple antennas. The multiple antennas may be used toperform one or more MIMO or multi-antenna techniques, such as spatialmultiplexing (e.g., single-user MIMO or multi-user MIMO),transmit/receive diversity, and/or beamforming. In other examples, thewireless device 1502 and/or the base station 1504 may have a singleantenna.

The processing system 1508 and the processing system 1518 may beassociated with a memory 1514 and a memory 1524, respectively. Memory1514 and memory 1524 (e.g., one or more non-transitory computer readablemediums) may store computer program instructions or code that may beexecuted by the processing system 1508 and/or the processing system 1518to carry out one or more of the functionalities discussed in the presentapplication. Although not shown in FIG. 15, the transmission processingsystem 1510, the transmission processing system 1520, the receptionprocessing system 1512, and/or the reception processing system 1522 maybe coupled to a memory (e.g., one or more non-transitory computerreadable mediums) storing computer program instructions or code that maybe executed to carry out one or more of their respectivefunctionalities.

The processing system 1508 and/or the processing system 1518 maycomprise one or more controllers and/or one or more processors. The oneor more controllers and/or one or more processors may comprise, forexample, a general-purpose processor, a digital signal processor (DSP),a microcontroller, an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), afield programmable gate array (FPGA) and/or other programmable logicdevice, discrete gate and/or transistor logic, discrete hardwarecomponents, an on-board unit, or any combination thereof. The processingsystem 1508 and/or the processing system 1518 may perform at least oneof signal coding/processing, data processing, power control,input/output processing, and/or any other functionality that may enablethe wireless device 1502 and the base station 1504 to operate in awireless environment.

The processing system 1508 and/or the processing system 1518 may beconnected to one or more peripherals 1516 and one or more peripherals1526, respectively. The one or more peripherals 1516 and the one or moreperipherals 1526 may include software and/or hardware that providefeatures and/or functionalities, for example, a speaker, a microphone, akeypad, a display, a touchpad, a power source, a satellite transceiver,a universal serial bus (USB) port, a hands-free headset, a frequencymodulated (FM) radio unit, a media player, an Internet browser, anelectronic control unit (e.g., for a motor vehicle), and/or one or moresensors (e.g., an accelerometer, a gyroscope, a temperature sensor, aradar sensor, a lidar sensor, an ultrasonic sensor, a light sensor, acamera, and/or the like). The processing system 1508 and/or theprocessing system 1518 may receive user input data from and/or provideuser output data to the one or more peripherals 1516 and/or the one ormore peripherals 1526. The processing system 1518 in the wireless device1502 may receive power from a power source and/or may be configured todistribute the power to the other components in the wireless device1502. The power source may comprise one or more sources of power, forexample, a battery, a solar cell, a fuel cell, or any combinationthereof. The processing system 1508 and/or the processing system 1518may be connected to a GPS chipset 1517 and a GPS chipset 1527,respectively. The GPS chipset 1517 and the GPS chipset 1527 may beconfigured to provide geographic location information of the wirelessdevice 1502 and the base station 1504, respectively.

FIG. 16A illustrates an example structure for uplink transmission. Abaseband signal representing a physical uplink shared channel mayperform one or more functions. The one or more functions may comprise atleast one of: scrambling; modulation of scrambled bits to generatecomplex-valued symbols; mapping of the complex-valued modulation symbolsonto one or several transmission layers; transform precoding to generatecomplex-valued symbols; precoding of the complex-valued symbols; mappingof precoded complex-valued symbols to resource elements; generation ofcomplex-valued time-domain Single Carrier-Frequency Division MultipleAccess (SC-FDMA) or CP-OFDM signal for an antenna port; and/or the like.In an example, when transform precoding is enabled, a SC-FDMA signal foruplink transmission may be generated. In an example, when transformprecoding is not enabled, an CP-OFDM signal for uplink transmission maybe generated by FIG. 16A. These functions are illustrated as examplesand it is anticipated that other mechanisms may be implemented invarious embodiments.

FIG. 16B illustrates an example structure for modulation andup-conversion of a baseband signal to a carrier frequency. The basebandsignal may be a complex-valued SC-FDMA or CP-OFDM baseband signal for anantenna port and/or a complex-valued Physical Random Access Channel(PRACH) baseband signal. Filtering may be employed prior totransmission.

FIG. 16C illustrates an example structure for downlink transmissions. Abaseband signal representing a physical downlink channel may perform oneor more functions. The one or more functions may comprise: scrambling ofcoded bits in a codeword to be transmitted on a physical channel;modulation of scrambled bits to generate complex-valued modulationsymbols; mapping of the complex-valued modulation symbols onto one orseveral transmission layers; precoding of the complex-valued modulationsymbols on a layer for transmission on the antenna ports; mapping ofcomplex-valued modulation symbols for an antenna port to resourceelements; generation of complex-valued time-domain OFDM signal for anantenna port; and/or the like. These functions are illustrated asexamples and it is anticipated that other mechanisms may be implementedin various embodiments.

FIG. 16D illustrates another example structure for modulation andup-conversion of a baseband signal to a carrier frequency. The basebandsignal may be a complex-valued OFDM baseband signal for an antenna port.Filtering may be employed prior to transmission.

A wireless device may receive from a base station one or more messages(e.g. RRC messages) comprising configuration parameters of a pluralityof cells (e.g. primary cell, secondary cell). The wireless device maycommunicate with at least one base station (e.g., two or more basestations in dual-connectivity) via the plurality of cells. The one ormore messages (e.g. as a part of the configuration parameters) maycomprise parameters of physical, MAC, RLC, PCDP, SDAP, RRC layers forconfiguring the wireless device. For example, the configurationparameters may comprise parameters for configuring physical and MAClayer channels, bearers, etc. For example, the configuration parametersmay comprise parameters indicating values of timers for physical, MAC,RLC, PCDP, SDAP, RRC layers, and/or communication channels.

A timer may begin running once it is started and continue running untilit is stopped or until it expires. A timer may be started if it is notrunning or restarted if it is running. A timer may be associated with avalue (e.g. the timer may be started or restarted from a value or may bestarted from zero and expire once it reaches the value). The duration ofa timer may not be updated until the timer is stopped or expires (e.g.,due to BWP switching). A timer may be used to measure a timeperiod/window for a process. When the specification refers to animplementation and procedure related to one or more timers, it will beunderstood that there are multiple ways to implement the one or moretimers. For example, it will be understood that one or more of themultiple ways to implement a timer may be used to measure a timeperiod/window for the procedure. For example, a random access responsewindow timer may be used for measuring a window of time for receiving arandom access response. In an example, instead of starting and expiry ofa random access response window timer, the time difference between twotime stamps may be used. When a timer is restarted, a process formeasurement of time window may be restarted. Other exampleimplementations may be provided to restart a measurement of a timewindow.

In carrier aggregation (CA), two or more component carriers (CCs) may beaggregated. A wireless device may simultaneously receive or transmit onone or more CCs, depending on capabilities of the wireless device, usingthe technique of CA. In an example, a wireless device may support CA forcontiguous CCs and/or for non-contiguous CCs. CCs may be organized intocells. For example, CCs may be organized into one primary cell (PCell)and one or more secondary cells (SCells).

When configured with CA, a wireless device may have one RRC connectionwith a network. During an RRC connectionestablishment/re-establishment/handover, a cell providing NAS mobilityinformation may be a serving cell. During an RRC connectionre-establishment/handover procedure, a cell providing a security inputmay be a serving cell. In an example, the serving cell may denote aPCell. In an example, a gNB may transmit, to a wireless device, one ormore messages comprising configuration parameters of a plurality of oneor more SCells, depending on capabilities of the wireless device.

When configured with CA, a base station and/or a wireless device mayemploy an activation/deactivation mechanism of an SCell to improvebattery or power consumption of the wireless device. When a wirelessdevice is configured with one or more SCells, a gNB may activate ordeactivate at least one of the one or more SCells. Upon configuration ofan SCell, the SCell may be deactivated unless an SCell state associatedwith the SCell is set to “activated” or “dormant”.

In an example, a wireless device may activate/deactivate an SCell inresponse to receiving an SCell Activation/Deactivation MAC CE.

In an example, a gNB may transmit, to a wireless device, one or moremessages comprising an SCell timer (e.g., sCellDeactivationTimer). In anexample, a wireless device may deactivate an SCell in response to anexpiry of the SCell timer.

When a wireless device receives an SCell Activation/Deactivation MAC CEactivating an SCell, the wireless device may activate the SCell. Inresponse to the activating the SCell, the wireless device may performoperations comprising: SRS transmissions on the SCell; CQI/PMI/RI/CRIreporting for the SCell; PDCCH monitoring on the SCell; PDCCH monitoringfor the SCell; and/or PUCCH transmissions on the SCell.

In an example, in response to the activating the SCell, the wirelessdevice may start or restart a first SCell timer (e.g.,sCellDeactivationTimer) associated with the SCell. The wireless devicemay start or restart the first SCell timer in the slot when the SCellActivation/Deactivation MAC CE activating the SCell has been received.In an example, in response to the activating the SCell, the wirelessdevice may (re-)initialize one or more suspended configured uplinkgrants of a configured grant Type 1 associated with the SCell accordingto a stored configuration. In an example, in response to the activatingthe SCell, the wireless device may trigger PHR.

When a wireless device receives an SCell Activation/Deactivation MAC CEdeactivating an activated SCell, the wireless device may deactivate theactivated SCell. In an example, when a first SCell timer (e.g.,sCellDeactivationTimer) associated with an activated SCell expires, thewireless device may deactivate the activated SCell. In response to thedeactivating the activated SCell, the wireless device may stop the firstSCell timer associated with the activated SCell. In an example, inresponse to the deactivating the activated SCell, the wireless devicemay clear one or more configured downlink assignments and/or one or moreconfigured uplink grants of a configured uplink grant Type 2 associatedwith the activated SCell. In an example, in response to the deactivatingthe activated SCell, the wireless device may: suspend one or moreconfigured uplink grants of a configured uplink grant Type 1 associatedwith the activated SCell; and/or flush HARQ buffers associated with theactivated SCell.

In an example, when an SCell is deactivated, a wireless device may notperform operations comprising: transmitting SRS on the SCell; reportingCQI/PMI/RI/CRI for the SCell; transmitting on UL-SCH on the SCell;transmitting on RACH on the SCell; monitoring at least one first PDCCHon the SCell; monitoring at least one second PDCCH for the SCell; and/ortransmitting a PUCCH on the SCell.

In an example, when at least one first PDCCH on an activated SCellindicates an uplink grant or a downlink assignment, a wireless devicemay restart a first SCell timer (e.g., sCellDeactivationTimer)associated with the activated SCell. In an example, when at least onesecond PDCCH on a serving cell (e.g. a PCell or an SCell configured withPUCCH, i.e. PUCCH SCell) scheduling the activated SCell indicates anuplink grant or a downlink assignment for the activated SCell, awireless device may restart the first SCell timer (e.g.,sCellDeactivationTimer) associated with the activated SCell.

In an example, when an SCell is deactivated, if there is an ongoingrandom access procedure on the SCell, a wireless device may abort theongoing random access procedure on the SCell.

In an example, a base station and a wireless device may use a pluralityof downlink control information (DCI) formats to communicate controlinformation to schedule downlink data and/or uplink data or to delivercontrol information. For example, a DCI format 0_0 may be used toschedule an uplink resource for a PUSCH over a cell. A DCI format 0_1may be used to schedule one or more PUSCHs in one cell or may be used toindicate downlink feedback information for configured grant PUSCH(CG-DFI). A DCI format 0_2 may be used to schedule a resource for aPUSCH in one cell. Similarly, for downlink scheduling, a DCI format 1_0may schedule a resource for a PDSCH in one cell. A DCI format L1 may beused to schedule a PDSCH in one cell or trigger one shot HARQ-ACKfeedback. A DCI format 1_2 may be used to schedule a resource for aPDSCH in one cell. There are one or more DCI formats carryingnon-scheduling information. For example, a DCI format 2_0 may be used toindicate a slot formation information for one or more slots of one ormore cells. A DCI format 2_2 may be used to indicate one or moretransmit power control commands for PUCCH and PUSCH. A DCI format 2_3may be used to indicate one or more transmit power control for SRS. ADCI format 2_4 may be used to indicate an uplink cancellationinformation. A DCI format 2_5 may be used to indicate a preemptioninformation. A DCI format 2_6 may be used to indicate a power savingstate outside of DRX active time. A DCI format 3_0 or 3_1 may be used toschedule NR sidelink resource or LTE sidelink resource in one cell.

FIG. 17 illustrates example cases of various DCI formats. In an example,a DCI format 0_0 and a DCI format 1_0 may be referred as a fallback DCIformat for scheduling uplink and downlink respectively. In an example, aDCI format 0_1 and a DCI format 1_1 may be referred as a non-fallbackDCI format scheduling uplink and downlink respectively. In an example, aDCI format 0_2 and a DCI format 1_2 may be referred as a compact DCIformat for scheduling uplink and downlink respectively. A base stationmay configure one or more DCI formats for scheduling downlink and/oruplink resources. FIG. 17 illustrates that a DCI format 0_0, 0_1 and 0_2may be used to schedule uplink resource(s) for one or more PUSCHs. A DCIformat 1_0, 1_1 and 1_2 may be used to schedule downlink resource(s) forone or more PDSCHs. A DCI format 2_0, 2_1, 2_2, 2_3, 2_4, 2_5 and 2_6may be used for a group-common DCI transmission. Each format of DCIformat 2_x may be used for different information. For example, the DCIformat 2_4 may be used to indicate uplink resources for a group ofwireless devices. In response to receiving a DCI based on the DCI format2_4, a wireless device may cancel any uplink resource, scheduled priorto the receiving, when the uplink resource may be overlapped with theindicated uplink resources.

A DCI format may comprise one or more DCI fields. A DCI field may have aDCI size. A wireless device may determine one or more bitfield sizes ofone or more DCI fields of the DCI format based on one or more radioresource control (RRC) configuration parameters by a base station. Forexample, the one or more RRC configuration parameters may be transmittedvia master information block (MIB). For example, the one or more RRCconfiguration parameters may be transmitted via system informationblocks (SIBs). For example, the one or more RRC configuration parametersmay be transmitted via one or more a wireless device specific messages.For example, the wireless device may determine one or more DCI sizes ofone or more DCI fields of a DCI format 0_0 based on the one or more RRCconfiguration parameters transmitted via the MIB and/or the SIBs. Thewireless device may be able to determine the one or more DCI sizes ofthe DCI format 0_0 without receiving any the wireless device specificmessage. Similarly, the wireless device may determine one or more DCIsizes of one or more second DCI fields of a DCI format 1_0 based on theone or more RRC configuration parameters transmitted via the MIB and/orthe SIBs.

For example, the wireless device may determine one or more first DCIsizes of one or more first DCI fields of a DCI format 0_1 based on oneor more RRC configuration parameters transmitted via the MIB and/or theSIBs and/or the wireless device specific RRC message(s). The wirelessdevice may determine one or more bitfield sizes of the one or more firstDCI fields based on the one or more RRC configuration parameters. Forexample, FIG. 19 may illustrate the one or more first DCI fields of theDCI format 0_1. In FIG. 19, there are one or more second DCI fields thatmay present in the DCI format 0_1 regardless of the wireless devicespecific RRC message(s). For example, the DCI format 0_1 may comprise a1-bit DL/UL indicator where the bit is configured with zero (‘0’) toindicate an uplink grant for the DCI format 0_1. DCI field(s) shown indotted boxes may not be present or a size of the DCI field(s) may beconfigured as zero. For example, a carrier indicator may be present whenthe DCI format 0_1 is used to schedule a cell based on cross-carrierscheduling. The carrier indicator may indicate a cell index of ascheduled cell by the cross-carrier scheduling. For example, UL/SULindicator (shown UL/SUL in FIG. 18) may indicate whether a DCI based theDCI format 0_1 schedules a resource for an uplink carrier or asupplemental uplink. The UL/SUL indicator field may be present when thewireless device is configured with a supplemental uplink for a scheduledcell of the DCI. Otherwise, the UL/SUL indicator field may not bepresent.

A field of BWP index may indicate a bandwidth part indicator. The basestation may transmit configuration parameters indicating one or moreuplink BWPs for the scheduled cell. The wireless device may determine abit size of the field of BWP index based on a number of the one or moreuplink BWPs. For example, 1 bit may be used. The number of the one ormore uplink BWPs (excluding an initial UL BWP) is two. The field of BWPindex may be used to indicate an uplink BWP switching. The wirelessdevice may switch to a first BWP in response to receiving the DCIindicating an index of the first BWP. The first BWP is different from anactive uplink BWP (active before receiving the DCI).

A DCI field of frequency domain resource allocation (frequency domain RAin FIG. 18-19) may indicate uplink resource(s) of the scheduled cell.For example, the base station may transmit configuration parametersindicating a resource allocation type 0. With the resource allocationtype 0, a bitmap over one or more resource block groups (RBGs) mayschedule the uplink resource(s). With a resource allocation type 1, astarting PRB index and a length of the scheduled uplink resource(s) maybe indicated. The base station may transmit configuration parametersindicating a dynamic change between the resource allocation type 0 andthe resource allocation type 1 (e.g., ‘dynamicswitch’). The wirelessdevice may determine a field size of the frequency domain RA field basedon the configured resource allocation type and a bandwidth of an activeUL BWP of the scheduled cell. For example, when the resource allocationtype 0 is configured, the bitmap may indicate each of the one or moreRBGs covering the bandwidth of the active UL BWP. A size of the bitmapmay be determined based on a number of the one or more RBGs of theactive UL BWP. For example, the wireless device may determine the sizeof the frequency domain RA field based on the resource allocation type 1based on the bandwidth of the active uplink BWP (e.g., ceil (log2(BW(BW+1)/2), wherein BW is the bandwidth of the active uplink BWP).

The wireless device may determine a resource allocation indicator value(RIV) table, where an entry of the table may comprise a starting PRBindex and a length value. For example, when the dynamic change betweenthe resource allocation type 0 and the resource allocation type 1 isused, a larger size between a first size based on the resourceallocation type 0 (e.g., the bitmap size) and a second size based on theresource allocation type 1 (e.g., the RIV table size) with additional 1bit indication to indicate either the resource allocation type 0 or theresource allocation type 1. For example, the frequency domain RA fieldmay indicate a frequency hopping offset. The base station may use K(e.g., 1 bit for two offset values, 2 bits for up to four offset values)bit(s) to indicate the frequency hopping offset from one or moreconfigured offset values, based on the resource allocation type 1. Thebase station may use ceil(log 2(BW(BW+1)/2)−K bits to indicate theuplink resource(s) based on the resource allocation type 1, whenfrequency hopping is enabled.

A DCI field of time domain resource allocation (time domain RA shown inFIG. 18) may indicate time domain resource of one or more slots of thescheduled cell. The base station may transmit configuration parametersindicating one or more time domain resource allocation lists of a timedomain resource allocation table for an uplink BWP of the scheduledcell. The wireless device may determine a bit size of the time domain RAfield based on a number of the one or more time domain resourceallocation lists of the time domain resource allocation table. The basestation may indicate a frequency hopping flag by a FH flag (shown as FHin FIG. 18). For example, the FH flag may present when the base stationmay enable a frequency hopping of the scheduled cell or the active ULBWP of the scheduled cell. A DCI field of modulation and coding scheme(MCS) (shown as MCS in FIG. 18) may indicate a coding rate and amodulation scheme for the scheduled uplink data. A new data indicator(NDI) field may indicate whether the DCI schedules the uplinkresource(s) for a new/initial transmission or a retransmission. Aredundancy version (RV) field may indicate one or more RV values (e.g.,a RV value may be 0, 2, 3, or 1) for one or more PUSCHs scheduled overthe one or more slots of the scheduled cells. For example, the DCI mayschedule a single PUSCH via one slot, a RV value is indicated. Forexample, the DCI may schedule two PUSCHs via two slots, two RV valuesmay be indicated. A number of PUSCHs scheduled by a DCI may be indicatedin a time domain resource allocation list of the one or more time domainresource allocation lists.

A DCI field of hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process number(HARQ process # in FIG. 18) may indicate an index of a HARQ process usedfor the one or more PUSCHs. The wireless device may determine one ormore HARQ processes for the one or more PUSCHs based on the index of theHARQ process. The wireless device may determine the index for a firstHARQ process of a first PUSCH of the one or more PUSCHs and select anext index as a second HARQ process of a second PUSCH of the one or morePUSCHs and so on. The DCI format 0_1 may have a first downlinkassignment index (1^(st) DAI) and/or a second DAI (2^(nd) DAI). Thefirst DAI may be used to indicate a first size of bits of first HARQ-ACKcodebook group. The second DAI may be present when the base station maytransmit configuration parameters indicating a plurality of HARQ-ACKcodebook groups. When there is no HARQ-ACK codebook group configured,the wireless device may assume the first HARQ-ACK codebook group only.The second DAI may indicate a second size of bits of second HARQ-ACKcodebook group. The first DAI may be 1 bit when a semi-static HARQ-ACKcodebook generation mechanism is used. The first DAI may be 2 bits or 4bits when a dynamic HARQ-ACK codebook generation mechanism is used.

A field of transmission power control (TPC shown in FIG. 18) mayindicate a power offset value to adjust transmission power of the one ormore scheduled PUSCHs. A field of sounding reference signal (SRS)resource indicator (SRI) may indicate an index of one or more configuredSRS resources of an SRS resource set. A field of precoding informationand number of layers (shown as PMI in FIG. 18) may indicate a precodingand a MIMO layer information for the one or more scheduled PUSCHs. Afield of antenna ports may indicate DMRS pattern(s) for the one or morescheduled PUSCHs. A field of SRS request may indicate to trigger a SRStransmission of a SRS resource or skip SRS transmission. A field of CSIrequest may indicate to trigger a CSI feedback based on a CSI-RSconfiguration or skip CSI feedback. A field of code block group (CBG)transmission information (CBGTI) may indicate HARQ-ACK feedback(s) forone or more CBGs. A field of phase tracking reference signal(PTRS)-demodulation reference signal (DMRS) association (shown as PTRSin FIG. 18) may indicate an association between one or more ports ofPTRS and one or more ports of DM-RS. The one or more ports may beindicated in the field of antenna ports. A field of beta_offsetindicator (beta offset in FIG. 18) may indicate a code rate fortransmission of uplink control information (UCI) via a PUSCH of the oneor more scheduled PUSCHs. A field of DM-RS sequence initialization(shown as DMRS in FIG. 18) may present based on a configuration oftransform precoding. A field of UL-SCH indicator (UL-SCH) may indicatewhether a UCI may be transmitted via a PUSCH of the one or morescheduled PUSCHs or not. A field of open loop power control parameterset indication (open loop power in FIG. 18) may indicate a set of powercontrol configuration parameters. The wireless device is configured withone or more sets of power control configuration parameters. A field ofpriority indicator (priority) may indicate a priority value of the oneor more scheduled PUSCHs. A field of invalid symbol pattern indicator(invalid OS) may indicate one or more unavailable/not-available OFDMsymbols to be used for the one or more scheduled PUSCHs. A field ofSCell dormancy indication (Scell dormancy) may indicate transitioningbetween a dormant state and a normal state of one or more secondarycells.

Note that additional DCI field(s), though not shown in FIG. 18, maypresent for the DCI format 0_1. For example, a downlink feedbackinformation (DFI) field indicating for one or more configured grantresources may present for an unlicensed/shared spectrum cell. Forexample, the unlicensed/shared spectrum cell is a scheduled cell. Whenthe DCI format 0_1 is used for indicating downlink feedback informationfor the one or more configured grant resources, other DCI fields may beused to indicate a HARQ-ACK bitmap for the one or more configured grantresources and TPC commands for a scheduled PUSCH. Remaining bits may bereserved and filled with zeros (‘0’s).

FIG. 18 shows an example of a DCI format 1_1. For example, the DCIformat 1_1 may schedule a downlink resource for a scheduled downlinkcell. The DCI format 1_1 may comprise one or more DCI fields such as anidentifier for DCI formats (DL/UL), a carrier indicator, bandwidth partindicator (BWP index), a frequency domain resource assignment (frequencydomain RA), a time domain resource assignment (time domain RA), avirtual resource block to physical resource block mapping (VRB-PRB),Physical resource block (PRB) bundling size indicator (PRB bundle), ratematching indicator (rate matching), zero power CSI-RS (ZP-CSI), a MCS, aNDI, a RV, a HARQ process number, a downlink assignment index (DAI), aTPC command for a PUCCH, a PUCCH resource indicator (PUCCH-RI), aPDSCH-to-HARQ_feedback timing indicator (PDSCH-to-HARQ in FIG. 18), anantenna ports, a transmission configuration indication (TCI), a SRSrequest, a CBG transmission information (CBGTI), a CBG flushing outinformation (CBGFI), DMRS sequence initialization (DMRS), a priorityindicator (priority), and a minimum applicable scheduling offsetindicator.

For example, the VRB-PRB field may indicate whether a mapping is basedon a virtual RB or a physical RB. For example, the PRB bundle mayindicate a size of PRB bundle when a dynamic PRB bundling is enabled.For example, the rate matching may indicate one or more rate matchingresources where the scheduled data may be mapped around based on therate matching. For example, the ZP-CSI field may indicate a number ofaperiodic ZP CSI-RS resource sets configured by the base station. Forexample, the DCI format 1_1 may also include MCS, NDI and RV for asecond transport block, in response to a max number of codewordsscheduled by DCI may be configured as two. The DCI format 1_1 may notinclude MCS, NDI and RV field for the second transport block, inresponse to the max number of codewords scheduled by DCI may beconfigured as one. For example, the DAI field may indicate a size ofbits of HARQ-ACK codebook. The TPC field may indicate a power offset forthe scheduled PUCCH. The wireless device may transmit the scheduledPUCCH comprising HARQ-ACK bit(s) of the scheduled downlink data by theDCI. The PUCCH-RI may indicate a PUCCH resource of one or more PUCCHresources configured by the base station. The PDSCH-to-HARQ field mayindicate a timing offset between an end of a scheduled PDSCH by the DCIand a starting of the scheduled PUCCH. The field of antenna ports mayindicate DMRS patterns for the scheduled PDSCH. The TCI field mayindicate a TCI code point of one or more active TCI code points/activeTCI states. The base station may transmit configuration parametersindicating one or more TCI states for the scheduled cell. The basestation may active one or more second TCI states of the one or more TCIstates via one or more MAC CEs/DCIs. The wireless device may map anactive TCI code point of the one or more active TCI code points to anactive TCI of the one or more second TCI states. For example, the CBGTImay indicate whether to flush a soft buffer corresponding to a HARQprocess indicated by the HARQ process #. For example, the Min schedulingfield may indicate enable or disable applying a configured minimumscheduling offset (e.g., when a minimum scheduling offset is configured)or select a first minimum scheduling offset or a second minimumscheduling offset (e.g., when the first minimum scheduling offset andthe second minimum scheduling offset are configured).

For example, the wireless device may determine one or more first DCIsizes of one or more first DCI fields of a DCI format 0_2 based on oneor more RRC configuration parameters transmitted via the MIB and/or theSIBs and/or the wireless device specific RRC message(s). The wirelessdevice may determine one or more bitfield sizes of the one or more firstDCI fields based on the one or more RRC configuration parameters. Forexample, there are one or more second DCI fields that may present in theDCI format 0_2 regardless of the wireless device specific RRCmessage(s). For example, the one or more second DCI fields may compriseat least one of DL/UL indicator, frequency domain resource allocation,MCS, NDI, and TPC fields. For example, the one or more first DCI fieldsmay comprise the one or more second DCI fields and one or more third DCIfields. A DCI field of the one or more third DCI fields may be presentor may not be present based on one or more configuration parameterstransmitted by the base station. For example, the one or more third DCIfields may comprise at least one of a BWP index, RV, HARQ process #,PMI, antenna ports, and/or beta offset.

For example, the DCI format 0_2 may comprise a 1-bit DL/UL indicatorwhere the bit is configured with zero (‘0’) to indicate an uplink grantfor the DCI format 0_2. For example, a carrier indicator may be presentwhen the DCI format 0_2 is used to schedule a cell based oncross-carrier scheduling. The carrier indicator may indicate a cellindex of a scheduled cell by the cross-carrier scheduling. For example,UL/SUL indicator (shown UL/SUL in FIG. 18) may indicate whether a DCIbased the DCI format 0_2 schedules a resource for an uplink carrier or asupplemental uplink. The UL/SUL indicator field may be present when thewireless device is configured with a supplemental uplink for a scheduledcell of the DCI. Otherwise, the UL/SUL indicator field is not present.

A field of BWP index may indicate a bandwidth part indicator. The basestation may transmit configuration parameters indicating one or moreuplink BWPs for the scheduled cell. The wireless device may determine abit size of the field of BWP index based on a number of the one or moreuplink BWPs. For example, 1 bit may be used. The number of the one ormore uplink BWPs (excluding an initial UL BWP) is two. The field of BWPindex may be used to indicate an uplink BWP switching. The wirelessdevice may switch to a first BWP in response to receiving the DCIindicating an index of the first BWP. The first BWP is different from anactive uplink BWP (active before receiving the DCI).

A DCI field of frequency domain resource allocation (frequency domain RAin FIG. 18) may indicate uplink resource(s) of the scheduled cell. Forexample, the base station may transmit configuration parametersindicating a resource allocation type 0. With the resource allocationtype 0, a bitmap over one or more resource block groups (RBGs) mayschedule the uplink resource(s). With a resource allocation type 1, astarting PRB index and a length of the scheduled uplink resource(s) maybe indicated. In an example, a length may be a multiple of K1 resourceblocks. For example, the configuration parameters may comprise aresource allocation type1 granularity for the DCI format 0_2 (e.g., K1).A default value of the K1 may be one (‘1’). The base station maytransmit configuration parameters indicating a dynamic change betweenthe resource allocation type 0 and the resource allocation type 1 (e.g.,‘dynamicswitch’). The wireless device may determine a field size of thefrequency domain RA field based on the configured resource allocationtype and a bandwidth of an active UL BWP of the scheduled cell. Thewireless device may further determine the field size of the frequencydomain RA field based on the K1 value, when the resource allocation type1 may be used/configured. For example, when the resource allocation type0 is configured, the bitmap may indicate each of the one or more RBGscovering the bandwidth of the active UL BWP. A size of the bitmap may bedetermined based on a number of the one or more RBGs of the active ULBWP. For example, the wireless device may determine the size of thefrequency domain RA field based on the resource allocation type 1 basedon the bandwidth of the active uplink BWP (e.g., ceil (log2(BW/K1(BW/K1+1)/2) and the resource allocation type1 granularity. E.g.,the BW is the bandwidth of the active uplink BWP. E.g., the K1 is theresource allocation type1 granularity.).

The wireless device may determine a resource allocation indicator value(RIV) table, where an entry of the table may comprise a starting PRBindex and a length value. The wireless device may determine the RIVtable based on the resource allocation type1 granularity. For example,when the dynamic change between the resource allocation type 0 and theresource allocation type 1 is used, a larger size between a first sizebased on the resource allocation type 0 (e.g., the bitmap size) and asecond size based on the resource allocation type 1 (e.g., the RIV tablesize) with additional 1 bit indication to indicate either the resourceallocation type 0 or the resource allocation type 1. For example, thefrequency domain RA field may indicate a frequency hopping offset. Thebase station may use K (e.g., 1 bit for two offset values, 2 bits for upto four offset values) bit(s) to indicate the frequency hopping offsetfrom one or more configured offset values, based on the resourceallocation type 1. The base station may use ceil(log2(BW/K1(BW/K1+1)/2)−K bits to indicate the uplink resource(s) based onthe resource allocation type 1, when frequency hopping is enabled.Otherwise, the base station/wireless device may use ceil(log2(BW/K1(BW/K1+1)/2) bits to indicate the uplink resource(s) based on theresource allocation type 1.

In an example, a base station may transmit one or more messagescomprising configuration parameters of a BWP of a cell. Theconfiguration parameters may comprise a resource allocation type for oneor more PUSCHs scheduled by one or more DCIs, based on a first RNTI. Theresource allocation type may be a resource allocation type 0 or aresource allocation type 1 or a dynamic switching between the resourceallocation type 0 and the resource allocation type 1. For example, thefirst RNTI is a C-RNTI. The configuration parameters may comprise aconfigured grant configuration or a SPS configuration. The configurationparameters may indicate a resource allocation type for the configuredgrant configuration or the SPS configuration. The resource allocationtype may be a resource allocation type 0 or a resource allocation type 1or a dynamic switching between the resource allocation type 0 and theresource allocation type 1.

A DCI field of time domain resource allocation (time domain RA shown inFIG. 18) may indicate time domain resource of one or more slots of thescheduled cell. The base station may transmit configuration parametersindicating one or more time domain resource allocation lists of a timedomain resource allocation table for an uplink BWP of the scheduledcell. The wireless device may determine a bit size of the time domain RAfield based on a number of the one or more time domain resourceallocation lists of the time domain resource allocation table. The basestation may indicate a frequency hopping flag by a FH flag (shown as FHin FIG. 18). For example, the FH flag may present when the base stationmay enable a frequency hopping of the scheduled cell or the active ULBWP of the scheduled cell. A DCI field of modulation and coding scheme(MCS) (shown as MCS in FIG. 18) may indicate a coding rate and amodulation scheme for the scheduled uplink data. In an example, a bitsize of the MCS field may be predetermined as a constant (e.g., 5 bits).A new data indicator (NDI) field may indicate whether the DCI schedulesthe uplink resource(s) for a new/initial transmission or aretransmission. A bit size of the NDI may be fixed as a constant value(e.g., 1 bit). A redundancy version (RV) field may indicate one or moreRV values (e.g., a RV value may be 0, 2, 3, or 1) for one or more PUSCHsscheduled over the one or more slots of the scheduled cells. Forexample, the DCI may schedule a single PUSCH via one slot, a RV value isindicated. For example, the DCI may schedule two PUSCHs via two slots,two RV values may be indicated. A number of PUSCHs scheduled by a DCImay be indicated in a time domain resource allocation list of the one ormore time domain resource allocation lists. The configuration parametersmay comprise a bit size of the RV field. For example, the bit size maybe 0, 1 or 2 bits for a single PUSCH. When the bit size is configured aszero (‘0’), the wireless device may apply a RV=0 for any uplink resourcescheduled by a DCI based on the DCI format 0_2.

A DCI field of hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process number(HARQ process # in FIG. 18) may indicate an index of a HARQ process usedfor the one or more PUSCHs. The wireless device may determine one ormore HARQ processes for the one or more PUSCHs based on the index of theHARQ process. The wireless device may determine the index for a firstHARQ process of a first PUSCH of the one or more PUSCHs and select anext index as a second HARQ process of a second PUSCH of the one or morePUSCHs and so on. The configuration parameters may comprise a bit sizefor the HARQ process # field. For example, the bit size may be 0, 1, 2,3 or 4 bits for a single PUSCH. The wireless device may assume that aHARQ process index=0 in case the bit size is configured as zero. Thewireless device may assume that a HARQ process index in a range of [0,1] when the bit size is configured as one. The wireless device mayassume that a HARQ process index in a range of [0, . . . , 3] when thebit size is configured as two. The wireless device may assume that aHARQ process index in a range of [0, . . . , 7] when the bit size isconfigured as three. For the 4 bits of bit size, the wireless device mayuse a HARQ process in a range of [0, . . . , 15].

The DCI format 0_2 may have a first downlink assignment index (1^(st)DAI) and/or a second DAI (2^(nd) DAI). The configuration parameters maycomprise a parameter to indicate whether to use DAI for the DCI format0_2 (e.g., Downlinkassignmentindex-ForDCIFormat0_2). The first DAI maybe used to indicate a first size of bits of first HARQ-ACK codebookgroup. The second DAI may be present when the base station may transmitconfiguration parameters indicating a plurality of HARQ-ACK codebookgroups. When there is no HARQ-ACK codebook group configured, thewireless device may assume the first HARQ-ACK codebook group only. Thesecond DAI may indicate a second size of bits of second HARQ-ACKcodebook group. The first DAI may be 1 bit when a semi-static HARQ-ACKcodebook generation mechanism is used. The first DAI may be 2 bits or 4bits when a dynamic HARQ-ACK codebook generation mechanism is used.

A field of transmission power control (TPC shown in FIG. 18) mayindicate a power offset value to adjust transmission power of the one ormore scheduled PUSCHs. A field of sounding reference signal (SRS)resource indicator (SRI) may indicate an index of one or more configuredSRS resources of an SRS resource set. A field of precoding informationand number of layers (shown as PMI in FIG. 18) may indicate a precodingand a MIMO layer information for the one or more scheduled PUSCHs. Afield of antenna ports may indicate DMRS pattern(s) for the one or morescheduled PUSCHs. A field of SRS request may indicate to trigger a SRStransmission of a SRS resource or skip SRS transmission. A field of CSIrequest may indicate to trigger a CSI feedback based on a CSI-RSconfiguration or skip CSI feedback. A field of phase tracking referencesignal (PTRS)-demodulation reference signal (DMRS) association (shown asPTRS in FIG. 18) may indicate an association between one or more portsof PTRS and one or more ports of DM-RS. The one or more ports may beindicated in the field of antenna ports. A field of beta_offsetindicator (beta offset in FIG. 18) may indicate a code rate fortransmission of uplink control information (UCI) via a PUSCH of the oneor more scheduled PUSCHs. A field of DM-RS sequence initialization(shown as DMRS in FIG. 18) may present based on a configuration oftransform precoding. A field of UL-SCH indicator (UL-SCH) may indicatewhether a UCI may be transmitted via a PUSCH of the one or morescheduled PUSCHs or not. A field of open loop power control parameterset indication (open loop power in FIG. 18) may indicate a set of powercontrol configuration parameters. The wireless device is configured withone or more sets of power control configuration parameters. A field ofpriority indicator (priority) may indicate a priority value of the oneor more scheduled PUSCHs. A field of invalid symbol pattern indicator(invalid OS) may indicate one or more unavailable/not-available OFDMsymbols to be used for the one or more scheduled PUSCHs.

Note that additional DCI field(s), though not shown in FIG. 18, maypresent for the DCI format 0_1/0_2. For example, a downlink feedbackinformation (DFI) field indicating for one or more configured grantresources may present for an unlicensed/shared spectrum cell. Forexample, the unlicensed/shared spectrum cell is a scheduled cell. Whenthe DCI format 0_2 is used for indicating downlink feedback informationfor the one or more configured grant resources, other DCI fields may beused to indicate a HARQ-ACK bitmap for the one or more configured grantresources and TPC commands for a scheduled PUSCH. Remaining bits may bereserved and filled with zeros (‘0’s).

FIG. 19 shows an example of a DCI format 1_1 and/or 1_2. For example,the DCI format 1_1 or 1_2 may schedule a downlink resource for ascheduled downlink cell. The DCI format 1_1 or 1_2 may comprise one ormore DCI fields such as an identifier for DCI formats (DL/UL), a carrierindicator, bandwidth part indicator (BWP index), a frequency domainresource assignment (frequency domain RA), a time domain resourceassignment (time domain RA), a virtual resource block to physicalresource block mapping (VRB-PRB), Physical resource block (PRB) bundlingsize indicator (PRB bundle), rate matching indicator (rate matching),zero power CSI-RS (ZP-CSI), a MCS, a NDI, a RV, a HARQ process number, adownlink assignment index (DAI), a TPC command for a PUCCH, a PUCCHresource indicator (PUCCH-RI), a PDSCH-to-HARQ_feedback timing indicator(PDSCH-to-HARQ in FIG. 19), an antenna ports, a transmissionconfiguration indication (TCI), a SRS request, DMRS sequenceinitialization (DMRS), and a priority indicator (priority).

The base station may transmit one or more messages indicatingconfiguration parameters for the DCI format 1_2. The configurationparameters may comprise one or more DCI bit sizes and/or relatedconfiguration parameters/values for the one or more DCI fields.

For example, the VRB-PRB field may indicate whether a mapping is basedon a virtual RB or a physical RB. For example, the PRB bundle mayindicate a size of PRB bundle when a dynamic PRB bundling is enabled.For example, the rate matching may indicate one or more rate matchingresources where the scheduled data may be mapped around based on therate matching. For example, the ZP-CSI field may indicate a number ofaperiodic ZP CSI-RS resource sets configured by the base station. Forexample, the DCI format 1_2 may also include MCS, NDI and RV for asecond transport block, in response to a max number of codewordsscheduled by DCI may be configured as two. The DCI format 1_2 may notinclude MCS, NDI and RV field for the second transport block. Forexample, the DAI field may indicate a size of bits of HARQ-ACK codebook.The TPC field may indicate a power offset for the scheduled PUCCH. Thewireless device may transmit the scheduled PUCCH comprising HARQ-ACKbit(s) of the scheduled downlink data by the DCI. The PUCCH-RI mayindicate a PUCCH resource of one or more PUCCH resources configured bythe base station. The PDSCH-to-HARQ field may indicate a timing offsetbetween an end of a scheduled PDSCH by the DCI and a starting of thescheduled PUCCH. The field of antenna ports may indicate DMRS patternsfor the scheduled PDSCH. The TCI field may indicate a TCI code point ofone or more active TCI code points/active TCI states. The base stationmay transmit configuration parameters indicating one or more TCI statesfor the scheduled cell. The base station may active one or more secondTCI states of the one or more TCI states via one or more MAC CEs/DCIs.The wireless device may map an active TCI code point of the one or moreactive TCI code points to an active TCI of the one or more second TCIstates.

In a NR system, in order to support wide bandwidth operation, a gNB maytransmit one or more PDCCH in different control resource sets. A gNB maytransmit one or more RRC message comprising configuration parameters ofone or more control resource sets. At least one of the one or morecontrol resource sets may comprise at least one of: a first OFDM symbol;a number of consecutive OFDM symbols; a set of resource blocks; aCCE-to-REG mapping; and a REG bundle size, in case of interleavedCCE-to-REG mapping.

A base station (gNB) may configure a wireless device (UE) with uplink(UL) bandwidth parts (BWPs) and downlink (DL) BWPs to enable bandwidthadaptation (BA) on a PCell. If carrier aggregation is configured, thegNB may further configure the UE with at least DL BWP(s) (i.e., theremay be no UL BWPs in the UL) to enable BA on an SCell. For the PCell, aninitial active BWP may be a first BWP used for initial access. For theSCell, a first active BWP may be a second BWP configured for the UE tooperate on the SCell upon the SCell being activated.

In paired spectrum (e.g., FDD), a gNB and/or a UE may independentlyswitch a DL BWP and an UL BWP. In unpaired spectrum (e.g. TDD), a gNBand/or a UE may simultaneously switch a DL BWP and an UL BWP.

In an example, a gNB and/or a UE may switch a BWP between configuredBWPs by means of a DCI or a BWP inactivity timer. When the BWPinactivity timer is configured for a serving cell, the gNB and/or the UEmay switch an active BWP to a default BWP in response to an expiry ofthe BWP inactivity timer associated with the serving cell. The defaultBWP may be configured by the network.

In an example, for FDD systems, when configured with BA, one UL BWP foreach uplink carrier and one DL BWP may be active at a time in an activeserving cell. In an example, for TDD systems, one DL/UL BWP pair may beactive at a time in an active serving cell. Operating on the one UL BWPand the one DL BWP (or the one DL/UL pair) may improve UE batteryconsumption. BWPs other than the one active UL BWP and the one active DLBWP that the UE may work on may be deactivated. On deactivated BWPs, theUE may: not monitor PDCCH; and/or not transmit on PUCCH, PRACH, andUL-SCH.

In an example, a serving cell may be configured with at most a firstnumber (e.g., four) of BWPs. In an example, for an activated servingcell, there may be one active BWP at any point in time.

In an example, a BWP switching for a serving cell may be used toactivate an inactive BWP and deactivate an active BWP at a time. In anexample, the BWP switching may be controlled by a PDCCH indicating adownlink assignment or an uplink grant. In an example, the BWP switchingmay be controlled by a BWP inactivity timer (e.g., bwp-InactivityTimer).In an example, the BWP switching may be controlled by a MAC entity inresponse to initiating a Random Access procedure. Upon addition of anSpCell or activation of an SCell, one BWP may be initially activewithout receiving a PDCCH indicating a downlink assignment or an uplinkgrant. The active BWP for a serving cell may be indicated by RRC and/orPDCCH. In an example, for unpaired spectrum, a DL BWP may be paired witha UL BWP, and BWP switching may be common for both UL and DL.

In an example, a MAC entity may apply normal operations on an active BWPfor an activated serving cell configured with a BWP comprising:transmitting on UL-SCH; transmitting on RACH; monitoring a PDCCH;transmitting PUCCH; receiving DL-SCH; and/or (re-) initializing anysuspended configured uplink grants of configured grant Type 1 accordingto a stored configuration, if any.

In an example, on an inactive BWP for each activated serving cellconfigured with a BWP, a MAC entity may: not transmit on UL-SCH; nottransmit on RACH; not monitor a PDCCH; not transmit PUCCH; not transmitSRS, not receive DL-SCH; clear any configured downlink assignment andconfigured uplink grant of configured grant Type 2; and/or suspend anyconfigured uplink grant of configured Type 1.

In an example, if a MAC entity receives a PDCCH for a BWP switching of aserving cell while a Random Access procedure associated with thisserving cell is not ongoing, a UE may perform the BWP switching to a BWPindicated by the PDCCH.

In an example, if a bandwidth part indicator field is configured in DCIformat 1_1, the bandwidth part indicator field value may indicate theactive DL BWP, from the configured DL BWP set, for DL receptions. In anexample, if a bandwidth part indicator field is configured in DCI format0_1, the bandwidth part indicator field value may indicate the active ULBWP, from the configured UL BWP set, for UL transmissions.

In an example, for a primary cell, a UE may be provided by a higherlayer parameter Default-DL-BWP a default DL BWP among the configured DLBWPs. If a UE is not provided a default DL BWP by the higher layerparameter Default-DL-BWP, the default DL BWP is the initial active DLBWP.

In an example, a UE may be provided by higher layer parameterbwp-InactivityTimer, a timer value for the primary cell. If configured,the UE may increment the timer, if running, every interval of 1millisecond for frequency range 1 or every 0.5 milliseconds forfrequency range 2 if the UE may not detect a DCI format 1_1 for pairedspectrum operation or if the UE may not detect a DCI format 1_1 or DCIformat 0_1 for unpaired spectrum operation during the interval.

In an example, if a UE is configured for a secondary cell with higherlayer parameter Default-DL-BWP indicating a default DL BWP among theconfigured DL BWPs and the UE is configured with higher layer parameterbwp-InactivityTimer indicating a timer value, the UE procedures on thesecondary cell may be same as on the primary cell using the timer valuefor the secondary cell and the default DL BWP for the secondary cell.

In an example, if a UE is configured by higher layer parameterActive-BWP-DL-SCell a first active DL BWP and by higher layer parameterActive-BWP-UL-SCell a first active UL BWP on a secondary cell orcarrier, the UE may use the indicated DL BWP and the indicated UL BWP onthe secondary cell as the respective first active DL BWP and firstactive UL BWP on the secondary cell or carrier.

In an example, a wireless device may transmit one or more uplink controlinformation (UCI) via one or more PUCCH resources to a base station. Theone or more UCI may comprise at least one of: HARQ-ACK information;scheduling request (SR); and/or CSI report. In an example, a PUCCHresource may be identified by at least: frequency location (e.g.,starting PRB); and/or a PUCCH format associated with initial cyclicshift of a base sequence and time domain location (e.g., starting symbolindex). In an example, a PUCCH format may be PUCCH format 0, PUCCHformat 1, PUCCH format 2, PUCCH format 3, or PUCCH format 4. A PUCCHformat 0 may have a length of 1 or 2 OFDM symbols and be less than orequal to 2 bits. A PUCCH format 1 may occupy a number between 4 and 14of OFDM symbols and be less than or equal to 2 bits. A PUCCH format 2may occupy 1 or 2 OFDM symbols and be greater than 2 bits. A PUCCHformat 3 may occupy a number between 4 and 14 of OFDM symbols and begreater than 2 bits. A PUCCH format 4 may occupy a number between 4 and14 of OFDM symbols and be greater than 2 bits. The PUCCH resource may beconfigured on a PCell, or a PUCCH secondary cell.

In an example, when configured with multiple uplink BWPs, a base stationmay transmit to a wireless device, one or more RRC messages comprisingconfiguration parameters of one or more PUCCH resource sets (e.g., atmost 4 sets) on an uplink BWP of the multiple uplink BWPs. Each PUCCHresource set may be configured with a PUCCH resource set index, a listof PUCCH resources with each PUCCH resource being identified by a PUCCHresource identifier (e.g., pucch-Resourceid), and/or a maximum number ofUCI information bits a wireless device may transmit using one of theplurality of PUCCH resources in the PUCCH resource set.

In an example, when configured with one or more PUCCH resource sets, awireless device may select one of the one or more PUCCH resource setsbased on a total bit length of UCI information bits (e.g., HARQ-ARQbits, SR, and/or CSI) the wireless device will transmit. In an example,when the total bit length of UCI information bits is less than or equalto 2, the wireless device may select a first PUCCH resource set with thePUCCH resource set index equal to “0”. In an example, when the total bitlength of UCI information bits is greater than 2 and less than or equalto a first configured value, the wireless device may select a secondPUCCH resource set with the PUCCH resource set index equal to “1”. In anexample, when the total bit length of UCI information bits is greaterthan the first configured value and less than or equal to a secondconfigured value, the wireless device may select a third PUCCH resourceset with the PUCCH resource set index equal to “2”. In an example, whenthe total bit length of UCI information bits is greater than the secondconfigured value and less than or equal to a third value (e.g., 1706),the wireless device may select a fourth PUCCH resource set with thePUCCH resource set index equal to “3”.

In an example, a wireless device may determine, based on a number ofuplink symbols of UCI transmission and a number of UCI bits, a PUCCHformat from a plurality of PUCCH formats comprising PUCCH format 0,PUCCH format 1, PUCCH format 2, PUCCH format 3 and/or PUCCH format 4. Inan example, the wireless device may transmit UCI in a PUCCH using PUCCHformat 0 if the transmission is over 1 symbol or 2 symbols and thenumber of HARQ-ACK information bits with positive or negative SR(HARQ-ACK/SR bits) is 1 or 2. In an example, the wireless device maytransmit UCI in a PUCCH using PUCCH format 1 if the transmission is over4 or more symbols and the number of HARQ-ACK/SR bits is 1 or 2. In anexample, the wireless device may transmit UCI in a PUCCH using PUCCHformat 2 if the transmission is over 1 symbol or 2 symbols and thenumber of UCI bits is more than 2. In an example, the wireless devicemay transmit UCI in a PUCCH using PUCCH format 3 if the transmission isover 4 or more symbols, the number of UCI bits is more than 2 and PUCCHresource does not include an orthogonal cover code. In an example, thewireless device may transmit UCI in a PUCCH using PUCCH format 4 if thetransmission is over 4 or more symbols, the number of UCI bits is morethan 2 and the PUCCH resource includes an orthogonal cover code.

In an example, in order to transmit HARQ-ACK information on a PUCCHresource, a wireless device may determine the PUCCH resource from aPUCCH resource set. The PUCCH resource set may be determined asmentioned above. The wireless device may determine the PUCCH resourcebased on a PUCCH resource indicator field in a DCI (e.g., with a DCIformat 1_0 or DCI for 1_1) received on a PDCCH. A 3-bit PUCCH resourceindicator field in the DCI may indicate one of eight PUCCH resources inthe PUCCH resource set. The wireless device may transmit the HARQ-ACKinformation in a PUCCH resource indicated by the 3-bit PUCCH resourceindicator field in the DCI.

In an example, the wireless device may transmit one or more UCI bits viaa PUCCH resource of an active uplink BWP of a PCell or a PUCCH secondarycell. Since at most one active uplink BWP in a cell is supported for awireless device, the PUCCH resource indicated in the DCI is naturally aPUCCH resource on the active uplink BWP of the cell.

In an example, DRX operation may be used by a wireless device (UE) toimprove UE battery lifetime. In an example, in DRX, UE maydiscontinuously monitor downlink control channel, e.g., PDCCH or EPDCCH.In an example, the base station may configure DRX operation with a setof DRX parameters, e.g., using RRC configuration. The set of DRXparameters may be selected based on the application type such that thewireless device may reduce power and resource consumption. In anexample, in response to DRX being configured/activated, a UE may receivedata packets with an extended delay, since the UE may be in DRXSleep/Off state at the time of data arrival at the UE and the basestation may wait until the UE transitions to the DRX ON state.

In an example, during a DRX mode, the UE may power down most of itscircuitry when there are no packets to be received. The UE may monitorPDCCH discontinuously in the DRX mode. The UE may monitor the PDCCHcontinuously when a DRX operation is not configured. During this timethe UE listens to the downlink (DL) (or monitors PDCCHs) which is calledDRX Active state. In a DRX mode, a time during which UE does notlisten/monitor PDCCH is called DRX Sleep state.

In an example, a frequency range of 52.6 to 71 GHz (e.g., a frequencyregion 3, a frequency range 3, a third frequency range, a thirdfrequency region) may support additional numerologies. For example, theadditional numerologies may comprise a 120 kHz subcarrier spacing with anormal CP. For example, the additional numerologies may comprise a 240kHz subcarrier spacing with the normal CP. For example, the additionalnumerologies may comprise a 480 kHz subcarrier spacing with the normalCP and/or an extended CP. For example, the additional numerologies maycomprise a 960 kHz subcarrier spacing with the normal CP and/or theextended CP.

FIG. 20 illustrates an example of different numerologies that thewireless device may support for one or more cells in different frequencyranges. For example, 15 kHz subcarrier spacing with the normal CP and/orthe extended CP may be supported in a frequency region 1 (e.g., FR1).For example, 60 kHz (and/or 120 kHz) subcarrier spacing with the normalCP and/or the extended CP may be supported in a frequency region 2(e.g., FR2). For example, 240 kHz and/or 480 kHz and/or 960 kHzsubcarrier spacings with the normal CP and/or the extended CP may besupported in a frequency region 3 (e.g., FR3).

A length of a slot with the 15 kHz subcarrier spacing may be 1 msec. Alength of a slot with a subcarrier spacing that is 15 kHz*2{circumflexover ( )}u (e.g., 15*2^(u)) may be ½{circumflex over ( )}u (½^(u)) msec.For example, a length of the slot with a subcarrier spacing 120 kHz is⅛=0.125 msec. A length of a slot with a subcarrier spacing 240 kHz is1/16=62.5 us. A length of a slot with a subcarrier spacing 960 kHz is1/64=16 us.

In a millisecond, one slot may be present with a subcarrier spacing of15 kHz, 4 slots with 60 kHz subcarrier spacing, 16 slots with 240 kHzsubcarrier spacing and 64 slots with 960 kHz subcarrier spacing.

In an example, a base station may transmit a DCI to a UE to activate orrelease a Semi-Persistent Scheduling (SPS) assignment/configuration or aconfigured grant (CG) assignment/configuration. The SPS configuration orthe CG configuration may be configured to support some types (e.g.,VoIP, V2X) of applications.

A SPS configuration or a CG configuration may allow a wireless device todetermine resources without receiving a dynamic grant, via a controlchannel, for each data transmission (e.g., before each time the datatransmission occurs). The SPS configuration or CG configuration mayreduce a DCI overhead.

FIG. 21 illustrates a SPS configuration as per an aspect of anembodiment of the present disclosure.

The base station may transmit one or more RRC messagescomprising/indicating configuration parameters. The configurationparameters may comprise/indicate a SPS configuration. For example, theSPS configuration may comprise a periodicity (P). For example, the SPSconfiguration may comprise a resource allocation type. For example, theSPS configuration may comprise one or more parameters to receive a SPSPDSCH based on the SPS configuration (e.g., PDSCH-Config).

The base station may transmit a DCI at a slot n. The DCI may activatethe SPS configuration. For example, the wireless device may validate theDCI based on a first DCI field of the DCI being set to a firstpredetermined value and a second DCI field of the DCI being set to asecond predetermined value. The DCI may be called/referred as anactivation DCI in response to validating the DCI and determining thatthe DCI activating the SPS configuration. For example, the first DCIfield may be a HARQ process ID field. The first predetermine value maybe zero or all zeros. The second DCI field may be a RV field. The secondpredetermined value may be zeros or all zeros.

Based on the validating the DCI as an activation DCI, the wirelessdevice may activate the SPS configuration. The wireless device maydetermine a first SPS PDSCH reception (e.g., first PDSCH) based on aslot offset indicated by the activation DCI.

A SPS PDSCH reception may refer to resources scheduled for a SPS PDSCHbased on a SPS configuration. A SPS PDSCH reception may refer to ascheduled time/frequency domain resource for a PDSCH comprising atransport block based on a SPS configuration. A SPS PDSCH reception mayrefer to an occasion or a periodic resource scheduled for a SPS PDSCH. A(SPS) PDSCH reception may refer to a time domain resource (in a slot orin a sub-slot) in which a PDSCH transmission may be received/scheduledfrom e.g., a base station. A SPS PDCH may refer to a PDSCH configuredvia a SPS configuration. A SPS PDSCH may be a PDSCH scheduledperiodically. A SPS PDSCH may be a PDSCH.

In an example, the wireless device may determine whether the DCIindicates the activation, the release or the retransmission for the oneor more CG configurations or for the one or more SPS configurationsbased on determining one or more values of one or more DCI fields of theDCI format used for the DCI. For example, the wireless device maydetermine the DCI indicates the activation in response to receiving theDCI with a HARQ process ID (HARQ process #) field of the DCI formatindicating zero(s) (e.g., ‘0, . . . , 0’) and a RV (redundancy version)field of the DCI indicating zero(s). The wireless device may firstdetermine whether an NDI field of the DCI may indicate a new data ornot. In response to receiving the DCI with the NDI field of the newdata, the wireless device may further determine the HARQ process numberfield and the redundancy version field of the DCI. In response todetermining the HARQ process number field being set to a predeterminedvalue (e.g., zero(s)) and the redundancy version field being set to apredetermined value (e.g., zero(s)), the wireless device may determinethe DCI may indicate the activation or the release of at least one CGconfiguration or at least one SPS configuration. For example, thewireless device may further check/determine a MCS (modulation and codingscheme) field of the DCI and/or a FDRA (frequency domain resourceassignment) field of the DCI to differentiate between the activation andthe release. In response to the MCS field being set to a secondpredetermined value (e.g., one(s), ‘1, . . . , 1’) and the FDRA fieldbeing set to a third predetermined value (e.g., zero(s) for resourceallocation type 0 or a resource allocation type 2 with mu=1, one(s) forresource allocation type 1 or the resource allocation type 2 with mu=0),the wireless device may determine the DCI indicates the release for theat least one CG configuration or the at least one SPS configuration. Inresponse to the MCS field being set to different value from the secondpredetermined value and/or the FDRA field being set to the thirdpredetermined value, the wireless device may determine the DCI mayindicate the activation for the at least one CG configuration or the atleast one SPS configuration.

For example, a DCI format 0_0/0_1/0_2, CRC scrambled with the firstRNTI, may be used to indicate an activation, a release and/orretransmission for a configured grant (CG) based on setting one or moreDCI fields with one or more predetermined values. For example, a DCIformat 1_0/1_2, CRC scrambled with a third RNTI (e.g., SPS-RNTI), may beused to indicate an activation, a release and/or retransmission for asemi-persistent scheduling (SPS) on setting the one or more DCI fieldswith one or more predetermined values.

In an example, a DCI activating a SPS configuration or a CGconfiguration may be referred as an activation DCI. A DCI releasing oneor more SPS configurations or one or more CG configurations may bereferred as a release DCI or a DCI with a SPS (or CG) release.

For example, FIG. 21 illustrates k0 is m. The wireless device maydetermine the first SPS PDSCH reception at a slot n+m.

The wireless device may determine a second SPS PDSCH reception (e.g.,second PDSCH) based on the first SPS PDSCH Hand a periodicity of the SPSconfiguration. For example, the wireless device may determine the secondSPS PDSCH at a slot n+m+P (e.g., P slots after the first SPS PDSCH).

The wireless device may determine i-th SPS PDSCH based on the first SPSPDSCH and the periodicity. For example, the wireless device maydetermine i-th SPS PDSCH at a slot n+m+(i−1)*P (e.g., (i−1)*P slotsafter the first SPS PDSCH).

The wireless device may receive a second DCI releasing the SPSconfiguration. For example, the wireless device may deactivate the SPSconfiguration in response to the second DCI. The wireless device mayassume that no more SPS PDSCH reception, determined based on the SPSconfiguration, after deactivating the SPS configuration.

The wireless device may determine a transport block may be transmittedin each periodicity. Each SPS PDSCH reception may carry at most onetransport block. Each SPS PDSCH reception may be configured with arepetition. For example, in each SPS PDSCH reception, one or morerepetitions may be transmitted via one or more PDSCHs. Each SPS PDSCHreception with or without repetition may comprise a transport block ineach periodicity/interval.

FIG. 22 illustrates an example of embodiments of a multi-PDSCHscheduling as per an aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure.When a wireless device is configured with a multi-PDSCH scheduling for aserving cell, the wireless device may receive a DCI that indicatesresource assignment(s) and/or CSI/SRS requests for one or more PDSCHsvia the serving cell. The DCI may indicate resources for the one or morePDSCHs via consecutive one or more slots. The DCI may indicate resourcesfor the one or more PDSCHs via non-consecutive one or more slots.

Each PDSCH of the one or more PDSCHs may comprise one or more transportblocks. One or more first transport blocks of a first PDSCH of the oneor more PDSCHs may be different from one or more second transport blocksof a second PDSCH of the one or more PDSCHs. One or more first transportblocks of a first PDSCH of the one or more PDSCHs may be same to one ormore second transport blocks of a second PDSCH of the one or more PDSCHs(e.g., each PDSCH may carry repetitions of one or more transportblocks).

A first PDSCH of the one or more PDSCHs may comprise a first transportblock. A second PDSCH of the one or more PDSCHs may comprise a secondtransport block. The first transport block may be different from thesecond transport block. The second transport block may be repetition ofthe first transport block. The DCI may comprise one or more NDI bits orone or more NDI fields. Each NDI bit of the one or more NDI bits or eachNDI field of the one or more NDI fields may correspond to each of theone or more PDSCHs. The DCI may comprise one or more RV bits or one ormore RV fields. Each RV bit of the one or more RV bits or each RV fieldof the one or more RV fields may correspond to the each of the one ormore PDSCHs.

In an example, a multi-PDSCH scheduling may be configured for a cellbased on a cross-carrier scheduling and/or a self-carrier scheduling.For example, when the cross-carrier scheduling is used, a second cell isa scheduled cell by a first cell. For example, when the self-carrierscheduling is used, a scheduling cell may be same to a scheduled cell.FIG. 22 shows an example of a self-carrier scheduling for a cell (Cell1).

For example, when a cross-carrier scheduling is used, the first cell(e.g., scheduling cell) may operate with a first numerology (e.g., 15kHz with a normal CP). The second cell (e.g., scheduled cell) mayoperate with a second numerology (e.g., 960 kHz with an extended CP or480 kHz with an extended CP). During 1 msec, the first cell may have 1slot. During 1 msec, the second cell may have a plurality of slots(e.g., 32 slots with 480 kHz, 64 slots with 960 kHz).

The base station may transmit one or more RRC messages indicatingconfiguration parameters. The configuration parameters maycomprise/indicate a multi-PDSCH scheduling for the scheduled cell (e.g.,cell 1). The configuration parameters may comprise/indicate a number ofPDSCHs schedulable by a single DCI. For example, a maximum number ofPDSCHs by a single DCI may be indicated by the configuration parameters.A DCI, of a multi-PDSCH scheduling, may comprise resource assignment(s)for one or more PDSCHs, where a number of the one or more PDSCHs or oneor more slots scheduled with the one or more PDSCHs is less than orequal to the maximum number of PDSCHs.

For example, the configuration parameters may comprise/indicate a numberof DCIs that may be transmitted/scheduled via a span or a PDCCHmonitoring occasion or a slot of the scheduling cell. The base stationmay transmit one or more second RRC messages indicating secondconfiguration parameters. The second configuration parameters maycomprise/indicate a cross-carrier scheduling for the scheduled cell. Forexample, the first cell is indicated as a scheduling cell. The firstcell may schedule the second cell.

The DCI may be CRC-scrambled with a first RNTI (e.g., C-RNTI, CS-RNTI).The DCI may schedule a first TB (TB #1) via a first PDSCH, a second TB(TB #2) via a second PDSCH, and so on. For example, FIG. 22 illustratesthat up to K TBs via K PDSCHs are scheduled by the DCI. FIG. 22illustrates that the DCI schedules the TB #1 to TB #K. For example, oneor more slots of the one or more PDSCHs may be contiguous in timedomain. For example, the one or more slots may be non-contiguous in timedomain. The DCI may comprise a time domain resource allocation fieldthat indicates time domain resources indicating the one or more slots.The time domain resource allocation field may indicate a starting symboland a duration in each slot of the one or more slots. A first slot ofthe one or more slots may have a first starting symbol and a firstduration. A second slot of the one or more slots may have a secondstarting symbol and a second duration. The first starting symbol may bedifferent from the second starting symbol. The first duration may bedifferent from the second duration.

The time domain resource allocation field may indicate a starting symboland a duration for each PDSCH of the one or more PDSCHs.

The configuration parameters may indicate to enable or disable themulti-PDSCH scheduling. The second cell may operate with a plurality ofTRPs/coreset pools. The one or more TBs or the one or more PDSCHs may bescheduled via the plurality of TRPs/coreset pools.

For example, a first PDSCH of the one or more PDSCHs may be associatedwith a first transmission and reception point (TRP) or a first coresetpool/group or a first group or a first TCI group. The second PDSCH ofthe one or more PDSCHs may be associated with a second TRP or a secondcoreset pool/group or a second group or a second TCI group. When thescheduled cell is operating with a single TRP, the first TRP may be sameas the second TRP. The first TRP or the first coreset pool is assumed tobe present as a default for the single TRP operation. A wireless devicemay determine a coreset pool index as zero when a coreset pool is notconfigured/provided to the wireless device.

FIG. 22 illustrates that a first PDSCH of the one or more PDSCHs isdetermined based on a slot/scheduling offset (e.g., k0) of a time domainresource allocation field of the DCI. The first PDSCH may start in aslot where the slot occurs k0 slots after a first slot of the DCI. Forexample, k0 may be 1 slot.

The wireless device may determine slot(s) for the one or more PDSCHsbased on the slot/scheduling offset and the time domain resourceallocation field of the DCI. The wireless device may map the one or morePDSCHs sequentially starting from the first PDSCH based on theslot/scheduling offset. The wireless device may map the one or morePDSCHs based on an TDRA entry indicated by the time domain resourceallocation field of the DCI.

A multi-PDSCH DCI or a multi-TB DCI (e.g., DCI-M, M-DCI, Multi-PDSCHDCI, m-DCI, mDCI) may represent a DCI based on a multi-PDSCH scheduling(e.g., a multi-TTI scheduling, a multi-transport blocks scheduling, or amulti-TB scheduling). For example, the one or more configurationparameters may comprise one or more control resource set (coreset)sand/or one or more search spaces. The DCI of the multi-PDSCH schedulingmay be transmitted via the one or more coresets and/or the one or moresearch spaces. The one or more configuration parameters maycomprise/indicate one or more RNTIs that may be used for the DCI of themulti-PDSCH scheduling. The one or more RNTIs may not comprise a C-RNTI.The one or more RNTIs may comprise the C-RNTI.

The base station may transmit one or more MAC CEs/ one or more DCIs toactivate the multi-PDSCH scheduling. For example, the one or more MACCEs may comprise a MAC CE activating and/or deactivating one or moresecondary cells. The base station may transmit one or more DCIs. The oneor more DCIs may indicate a BWP switching from a first BWP to a secondBWP of a cell. The first BWP is an active BWP of the cell. The first BWPmay not comprise one or more coresets of the multi-PDSCH scheduling. Thesecond BWP may comprise one or more second coresets of the multi-PDSCHscheduling. For example, the one or more MAC CEs may compriseindication(s) of activating and/or deactivating a multi-PDSCHscheduling. For example, the one or more DCIs may comprise an indicationto activate or deactivate the multi-PDSCH scheduling of the second cell.For example, the configuration parameters may comprise/indicate aplurality of BWPs. A first BWP of the plurality of BWPs maycomprise/indicate a first DCI format that is used for a multi-PDSCHscheduling. A second BWP of the plurality of BWPs may comprise/indicatea second DCI format that is used for a single-PDSCH scheduling. Thewireless device may determine the multi-PDSCH scheduling is activated inresponse to the first BWP being an active BWP of the second cell. Thewireless device may determine the multi-PDSCH scheduling is deactivatedin response to the second BWP being an active BWP of the second cell.

Similar mechanisms may be applied for a PUSCH scheduling. Similarly, amulti-PUSCH scheduling (e.g., a multi-TTI scheduling, multi-TBscheduling, multi-uplink scheduling) may be used for scheduling one ormore PUSCHs via a single DCI (e.g., a multi-PUSCH DCI, a M-DCI, DCI-M,mDCI, m-DCI, multi-TTI DCI). For a cell, the multi-PDSCH scheduling andthe multi-PUSCH scheduling may be configured/activated/deactivatedsimultaneously or may be independently configured/activated/deactivated.For example, when a first DCI format used for scheduling PDSCH(s) for acell may be size-aligned with a second DCI format used for schedulingPUSCH(s) for the cell. When the first DCI format and the second DCIformat are size-aligned, the multi-PDSCH and the multi-PUSCH schedulingmay be both activated or both deactivated.

The wireless device may activate the multi-PDSCH (and/or multi-PUSCH)scheduling in response to receiving the one or more RRC messages. Theone or more MAC CEs/the one or more DCIs may be optional. The basestation may reconfigure to deactivate or activate the multi-PDSCH (orthe multi-PUSCH) scheduling of a cell via RRC signaling. In response toactivating the multi-PDSCH (or the multi-PUSCH) scheduling, the basestation may transmit a DCI, based on the multi-PDSCH (or themulti-PUSCH) scheduling, comprising resource assignments for the firstdownlink/uplink carrier/cell (e.g., cell 1). The DCI may indicate aplurality of downlink/uplink resources for a repetition of a TB via oneor more slots (e.g., TB #1, . . . TB #K are same).

In an example, a DCI, of a multi-PDSCH and/or a multi-PUSCH scheduling,may comprise a MCS field or one or more MCS fields. A value of the MCSfield or one or more values of the one or more MCS fields may be appliedto each of the one or more PDSCHs. The one or more values of the one ormore MCS fields may be applied for one or more TBs scheduled via eachPDSCH of the one or more PDSCHs. For example, the DCI may comprise afirst MCS field indicating a value of MCS values (e.g., 32 values). TheDCI may additionally comprise one or more second MCS fields where eachof the one or more second MCS fields indicates a gap/offset compared tothe first MCS field. For example, the each of the one or more second MCSfields may have k1 bits (e.g., k1=2) that is smaller than k2 bits of thefirst MCS field (e.g., k2=5).

In an example, the DCI may comprise one or more MCS fields where each ofthe one or more MCS fields may correspond to each of the one or morePDSCHs.

In an example, the DCI may comprise a first RV field indicating an indexof a redundancy version for a first PDSCH. When two TBs may be scheduledfor the first PDSCH, the first RV field may comprise two RV values whereeach RV value corresponds to a first TB and a second TB of the two TBs.

The wireless device may determine one or more second RV values for oneor more second PDSCHs of the one or more PDSCHs. The one or more secondPDSCHs may be present when the one or more PDSCHs comprise additionalPDSCHs than the first PDSCH. The wireless device may determine the oneor more second RVs based on configuration parameters configured by thebase station. For example, the configuration parameters may comprise alist of RV values, where each entry of the list of RV values comprises aset of RV values {the first RV value, a second RV value, a third RVvalue, and son on}. The first RV value is determined based on the firstRV field. The second RV value may correspond to a second PDSCH of theone or more PDSCHs. The second PDSCH is a PDSCH occurring in a secondearliest (e.g., a next one after the earliest) among the one or morePDSCHs. The third RV value may be applied or correspond to a third PDSCH(e.g., a third earliest PDSCH, a next after the second PDSCH) of the oneor more PDSCHs.

For example, the DCI may comprise a RV field indicating an index of thefirst RV. For example, the second RV may be determined based on thefirst RV and one or more configuration parameters. The configurationparameters may comprise/indicate a RV offset. The second RV may bedetermined as the index of (the first RV+the RV offset) mod K. The K isa number of RVs (e.g., K=4). An index of RV may be determined as anorder in the RV sequence. For example, an index of RV 3 is 3, and anindex of RV 1 is 4. Similarly, the DCI may comprise a HARQ process IDfield indicating an index of the first HARQ process ID. The wirelessdevice may determine the second HARQ process ID based on the first HARQprocess ID and one or more configuration parameters. The configurationparameters may comprise/indicate a HARQ process ID offset or a list ofHARQ process IDs of the one or more PDSCHs. For example, the wirelessdevice may increment the HARQ process ID for each PDSCH of the one ormore PDSCHs.

For example, the wireless device may apply the HARQ process ID indicatedby the DCI for an earliest PDSCH of the one or more PDSCHs. The wirelessdevice may increment the HARQ process ID for a second earliest PDSCH ofthe one or more PDSCHs. The wireless device may determine a HARQ processID of a PDSCH of the one or more PDSCHs as (HARQ process ID+i) % MAXHARQ process ID where i is an order of the PDSCH among the one or morePDSCHs or i is a slot offset of the PDSCH from a first slot of theearliest PDSCH of the one or more PDSCHs. The MAX HARQ process ID mayrepresent a number of maximum HARQ processes that the wireless device isconfigured with or supports for the cell. The MAX HARQ process ID mayrepresent a number of maximum HARQ processes that the wireless device isconfigured with or supports for one or more PDSCHs/TBs scheduled by theDCI.

For example, when the DCI may be used for an activation of a SPS PDSCHconfiguration, MAX HARQ process ID may represent a number of HARQprocesses configured for the SPS PDSCH configuration or one or more SPSPDSCH configuration of the cell.

In an example, the DCI may comprise a first NDI bit for the first PDSCHof the one or more PDSCHs. The DCI may comprise a second NDI bit for thesecond PDSCH of the one or more PDSCHs. The DCI may comprise one or moreNDI bits for the one or more PDSCHs. Each NDI bit of the one or more ofNDI bits may correspond to each PDSCH of the one or more PDSCHs.

For example, the DCI may comprise a first frequency domain resourceassignment field and a second frequency domain resource assignmentfield. The first frequency domain resource assignment field may indicatefirst resource(s) of the first TRP/coreset pool in frequency domain. Thesecond frequency domain resource assignment field may indicate a secondresource of the second TRP/coreset pool in frequency domain. Forexample, the DCI may comprise a first frequency domain resourceassignment (RA) field. The first frequency domain RA field may indicatean entry of one or more frequency domain resource allocation lists. Theentry may comprise a first field indicating first resource(s) of thefirst TRP/coreset pool and a second field indicating second resource(s)of the second TRP/coreset pool.

For example, the DCI may comprise a first time domain resourceassignment field and a second time frequency domain resource assignmentfield. The first time domain resource assignment field may indicatefirst resource(s) of the first TRP/coreset pool in time domain. Thesecond time domain resource assignment field may indicate a secondresource of the second TRP/coreset pool in time domain. For example, theDCI may comprise a first time domain resource assignment (RA) field. Thefirst time domain RA field may indicate an entry of one or more timedomain resource allocation lists. The entry may comprise a first fieldindicating first resource(s) of the first TRP/coreset pool and a secondfield indicating second resource(s) of the second TRP/coreset pool. Anentry of the one or more time domain resource allocation lists maycomprise a plurality of fields/sub-entries.

In an example, a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) may compriseone or more control-channel elements (CCEs). For example, the PDCCH maycomprise one CCE, that may correspond to an aggregation level (AL)=1.For example, the PDCCH may comprise two CCEs, that may correspond to anAL of two (AL=2). For example, the PDCCH may comprise four CCEs, thatmay correspond to an AL of four (AL=4). For example, the PDCCH maycomprise eight CCEs, that may correspond to an AL of eight (AL=8). Forexample, the PDCCH may comprise sixteen CCEs, that may correspond to anAL of sixteen (AL=16).

In an example, a PDCCH may be carried over one or more control resourceset (coreset). A coreset may comprise N_rb_coreset resource blocks (RBs)in the frequency domain and N_symbol_coreset symbols in the time domain.For example, the N_rb_coreset may be multiple of 6 RBs (e.g., 6, 12, 18,. . . ,). For example, N_symbol_coreset may be 1, 2 or 3. A CCE maycomprise M (e.g., M=6) resource-element groups (REGs). For example, oneREG may comprise one RB during one OFDM symbol. REGs within the coresetmay be ordered/numbered in increasing order in a time-first manner,starting with 0 for a first OFDM symbol and a lowest number (e.g., alowest frequency) RB in the coreset. The wireless device may increasethe numbering in the first OFDM symbol by increasing a frequencylocation or a RB index. The wireless device may move to a next symbol inresponse to all RBs of the first symbol may have been indexed. Thewireless device may map one or more REG indices for one or more 6 RBs ofN_rb_coreset RBs within N_symbol_coreset OFDM symbols of the coreset.

In an example, a wireless device may receive configuration parametersfrom a base station. The configuration parameters may comprise one ormore coresets. One coreset may be associated with one CCE-to-REGmapping. For example, a single coreset may have a single CCE mapping tophysical RBs/resources of the single coreset. For example, a CCE-to-REGof a coreset may be interleaved or non-interleaved. For example, a REGbundle may comprise L consecutive REGs (e.g., iL, iL+1, . . . , iL+L−1).For example, L may be a REG bundle size (e.g., L=2 or 6 forN_symbol_coreset=1 and L=N_symbol_coreset or 6 when N_symbol_coreset is2 or 3). A index of a REG bundle (e.g., i), may be in a range of [0, 1,. . . N_reg_coreset/L−1]. For example, N_reg_coreset may be defined asN_ib_coreset*N_symbol_coreset (e.g., a total number of REGs in thesingle coreset). For example, a j-th indexed CCE may comprise one ormore REG bundles of {f(6j/L), f(6j/L+1), . . . , f(6j/L+6/L−1)}. Forexample, f(x) may be an interleaver function. In an example, f(x) may bex (e.g., j-th CCE may comprise 6j/L, 6j/L+1, . . . , and 6j/L+6/L−1),when the CCE-to-REG mapping may be non-interleaved. When the CCE-to-REGmapping may be interleaved, L may be defined as one of {2, 6} whenN_symbol_coreset is 1 or may be defined as one of {N_symbol_coreset, 6}when N_symbol_coreset is 2 or 3. When the CCE-to-REG mapping may beinterleaved, the function f(x) may be defined as (rC+c+n_shift) mod(N_reg_coreset/L), wherein x=cR+r, r=0, 1, . . . , R−1, c=0, 1, . . . ,C−1, C=N_reg_coreset/(L*R), and R is one of {2, 3, 6}.

For example, the configuration parameters may comprise afrequencyDomainResources that may define N_ib_coreset. The configurationparameters may comprise duration that may define N_symbol_coreset. Theconfiguration parameters may comprise cce-REG-MappingType that may beselected between interleaved or non-interleaved mapping. Theconfiguration parameters may comprise reg-BundleSize that may define avalue for L for the interleaved mapping. For the non-interleavedmapping, L=6 may be predetermined. The configuration parameters maycomprise shfitIndex that may determine n_shift as one of {0, 1, . . . ,274}. The wireless device may determine/assume a same precoding for REGswithin a REG bundle when precorder granularity (e.g., aprecoderGranularity indicated/configured by the configurationparameters) is configured as sameAsREG-bundle. The wireless device maydetermine/assume a same precoding for all REGs within a set ofcontiguous RBs of a coreset when the precoderGranularity is configuredas allContiguousRBs.

For a first coreset (e.g., CORESET #0) may be defined/configured withL=6, R=2, n_shift=cell ID, and precoderGranularity=sameAsREG-bundle.

In an example, a wireless device may receive up to M DCIs via a slot ora PDCCH monitoring occasion or a span of a scheduling cell. Each DCI ofthe M DCIs may schedule one or more PDSCHs for a scheduled cell. Thewireless device may inform a wireless device capability of the M for aband/band combination or for each numerology pair between a schedulingcell and a scheduled cell.

In an example, two downlink resource allocation schemes, type 0 and type1, are supported. A wireless device may determine a frequency domainresource based on a DCI based on a fallback DCI format such as DCIformat 0_1 based on a resource allocation type 1. A base station maytransmit configuration parameters indicating a dynamic switch betweenthe type 0 and the type 1 resource allocation via an indication in aDCI. The configuration parameters may comprise ‘dynamicswitch’ to enabledynamic switching between the type 0 and the type 1 via the DCI. Thedynamic switching may be supported for a DCI based on a non-fallback DCIformat such as DCI format 1_1 or DCI format 1_2. The configurationparameters may comprise/indicate either the type 0 or the type 1 as aresource allocation type via an RRC signaling. The wireless device maydetermine a frequency domain resource based on a DCI based on theresource allocation configured via the RRC signaling, in response to‘dynamicswitch’ being not configured. The wireless device may determinea frequency domain resource based on a frequency domain resourceassignment field of a DCI based on an active downlink BWP of a cell. Thecell is a scheduled cell. The DCI may indicate a BWP index. The wirelessdevice may determine the frequency domain resource based on one or moreconfiguration parameters of an indicated BWP by the BWP index. For aPDSCH scheduled with a DCI based on a fallback DCI format (e.g., DCIformat 1_0) via any common search space, a RB numbering, to determine afrequency domain resource, may start from a lowest RB of a coreset. Forexample, the DCI has been received via the coreset. In other cases, theRB numbering may start from a lowest RB of an active BWP of thescheduled cell.

For example, a resource allocation type 0 may use a bitmap to indicate afrequency domain resource. The bitmap may indicate one or more resourceblock groups (RBGs) that may allocate the frequency domain resource. OneRBG may represent a set of consecutive virtual resource blocks definedby a rgb-Size. For example, the rbg-Size may be indicated as a parameterof a PDSCH-Config under a servingCellConfig. For example, the rbg-Sizemay be determined based on a parameter of ‘Configuration 1’ or‘Configuration 2’ and a bandwidth of an active BWP of a scheduled cell.For example, when the bandwidth of the active BWP is between 1 to 36RBs, ‘Configuration 1’ indicates the rbg-Size of 2 and ‘Configuration 2’indicates the rbg-Size of 4. For example, when the bandwidth of theactive BWP is between 37 to 72 RBs, ‘Configuration 1’ indicates therbg-Size of 4 and ‘Configuration 2’ indicates the rbg-Size of 8. Forexample, when the bandwidth of the active BWP is between 73 to 144 RBs,‘Configuration 1’ indicates the rbg-Size of 8 and ‘Configuration 2’indicates the rbg-Size of 16. For example, when the bandwidth of theactive BWP is between 145 to 275 (or 550) RBs, ‘Configuration 1’indicates the rbg-Size of 16 and ‘Configuration 2’ indicates therbg-Size of 16. A number of RBGs (N_RBG) for a downlink BWP may present.A DCI field size of a frequency domain resource allocation based on theresource allocation type 0 would be ceil (N_RBG+(N_start_BWP mode P))/P)where a size of a first RBG is P−N_start_BWP mode P, a size of a lastRBG is (N_start_BWP+bandwidth) mode P wherein is (N_start_BWP+bandwidth)mode P is greater than zero, a size of other RBGs are P, and P is therbg-Size. The bitmap of N_RBG bits with one bitmap bit per acorresponding RBG, such that the corresponding RBG may be scheduled. Theone or more RBGs may be indexed in an order of increasing frequency, andindexing may start from a lowest frequency of the active BWP. The orderof the bitmap may be determined such that RBG #0 to RBG # N_RBG−1 may bemapped to most significant bit to least significant bit of the bitmap.The wireless device may assume an RBG is allocated in response to acorresponding bit of the bitmap being allocated/assigned as 1. Thewireless device may assume a second RBG is not allocated in response toa corresponding bit of the bitmap being allocated/assigned as 0.

When a virtual RB to a physical RB mapping is enabled, the wirelessdevice may determine one or more physical RBGs based on the indicatedbitmap for the virtual RBGs. Otherwise, the indicated bitmap maydetermine the one or more physical RBGs.

For example, a resource allocation type 1, a frequency domain resourceallocation may indicate a set of contiguously allocated non-interleavedor interleaved virtual resource blocks within an active bandwidth partof a scheduled cell. For example, a DCI may be scheduled via a USS. Thefrequency domain resource allocation field based on the resourceallocation type 1 may use a resource allocation value (RIV). The RIV mayindicate a starting virtual RB (RB_start) and a length in terms ofcontiguously allocated virtual RBs (L_rbs). The RIV value may bedetermined as the RIV=bandwidth (L_rbs−1)+RB_start when (L_rbs−1) issmaller than or equal to floor (bandwidth/2), or the RIV=bandwidth(bandwidth−L_rbs+1)+(bandwidth−1−RB_start) otherwise. The bandwidth mayrepresent a bandwidth of the active BWP.

A base station may enable a PRB bundling. A wireless device may assume asame precoding over a number RBs of the PRB bundle (e.g., two PRBs, fourPRBs or the bandwidth). The base station may schedule the PRB bundle ornot, and may not schedule partial PRB bundle to the wireless device.

Similar to downlink, for an uplink transmission, a few resourceallocation types are supported. For the uplink transmission, a resourceallocation type 0, resource allocation type 1 or resource allocationtype 2 may be supported. The resource allocation type 0 may be used inresponse to a transform precoding being disabled. The resourceallocation type 1 or the resource allocation type 2 may be used inresponse to the transform precoding being enabled or being disabled. Forthe uplink transmission, a ‘dynamicswitch’ may be configured. Inresponse to the ‘dynamicswitch’, the wireless device may switch betweenthe resource allocation type 0 and the resource allocation type 1 basedon a DCI. The base station may configure a resource allocation type viaan RRC signaling in response to the ‘dynamicswitch’ being notconfigured/enabled. The resource allocation type 2 may be used inresponse to an interlaced PUSCH being enabled. The wireless device mayapply the resource allocation type 1 for a DCI based on a fallback DCIformat such as a DCI format 0_0. The interlaced PUSCH is disabled forthe fallback DCI format. When the interlaced PUSCH is enabled, thewireless device may apply the resource allocation type 2 for the DCI.The wireless device may determine a frequency domain resource based on afrequency domain resource allocation field of a DCI based on an activeuplink BWP of a scheduled cell. The DCI may not comprise a BWP index.The wireless device may determine the frequency domain resource based onan indicated BWP by a BWP index when the DCI comprises the BWP index.

In an example, a resource allocation type 0 for an uplink transmissionmay use a bitmap indicating one or more RBGs within an active UL BWP ofa scheduled cell. One RBG may represent a set of consecutive virtualresource blocks defined by a rbg-Size. The rbg-Size may be indicated asa parameter of a PUSCH-Config under a servingCellConfig. For example,the rbg-Size may be determined based on a parameter of ‘Configuration 1’or ‘Configuration 2’ and a bandwidth of an active UL BWP of a scheduledcell. For example, when the bandwidth of the active UL BWP is between 1to 36 RBs, ‘Configuration 1’ indicates the rbg-Size of 2 and‘Configuration 2’ indicates the rbg-Size of 4. For example, when thebandwidth of the active UL BWP is between 37 to 72 RBs, ‘Configuration1’ indicates the rbg-Size of 4 and ‘Configuration 2’ indicates therbg-Size of 8. For example, when the bandwidth of the active UL BWP isbetween 73 to 144 RBs, ‘Configuration 1’ indicates the rbg-Size of 8 and‘Configuration 2’ indicates the rbg-Size of 16. For example, when thebandwidth of the active UL BWP is between 145 to 275 (or 550) RBs,‘Configuration 1’ indicates the rbg-Size of 16 and ‘Configuration 2’indicates the rbg-Size of 16. A number of RBGs (N_RBG) for a uplink BWPmay present. Determination of a bit of the bitmap of the uplink resourceallocation type 1 is same as that of the downlink resource allocationtype 1. In frequency range 1 (e.g., below 7 GHz), almost contiguousallocation may be supported. In frequency range 2 (e.g., above 7 GHz andbelow 52.6 GHz), contiguous resource allocation may be supported.

The resource allocation type 0 for an uplink transmission may followsimilar procedure to the resource allocation type 0 for an downlinktransmission.

The resource allocation type 2 may be used to indicate an interlacedresource allocation, wherein M is a number of interlaces. For example, afrequency domain resource allocation field may comprise a RIV. For theRIV between 0 and M (M+1)/2 (e.g., 0<=RIV<M(M+1)/2), the RIV mayindicate a starting interlace index m_0 and a number of contiguousinterlace indices L (L>=1). For example, when (L−1)<=floor (M/2), theRIV may define M (L−1)+m_0. Otherwise, the RIV may define M(M−L+1)+(M−1−m_0). For the RIV larger than or equal to M(M+1)/2 (e.g.,RIV>=M(M+1)/2), the RIV may indicate a starting interlace index m_0 anda set of values 1 based on one or more set of values. For example, anentry may represent {RIV−M(M+1)/2, m_0, 1}. For example, the one or moreset of values may comprise {0, 0, {0, 5}}, {1, 0, {0, 1, 5, 6}}, {2, 1,{0, 5}}, {3, 1, {0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8}}, {4, 2, {0, 5}}, {5, 2, {0, 2, 5,6, 7}}, {6, 3, {0, 5}}, and/or {7, 4, {0, 5}}.

Resource allocation type and mechanism based on a DCI may be alsoapplied to a configured grant configuration or semi-persistentscheduling configuration.

In an example, a base station may transmit a DCI. The DCI may comprise atime domain resource allocation field. A value of the time domainresource allocation field (e.g., m) may indicate a row index m+1 of atime domain resource allocation lists/a time domain resource allocationtable. The base station may transmit configuration parameters indicatingone or more time domain resource allocation tables. For example, a firsttime domain resource allocation table may be used for a fallback DCIformat scheduled via a CSS. For example, a second time domain resourceallocation table may be used for a fallback DCI format and/or anon-fallback DCI format via a USS. The wireless device may determine atime domain resource allocation table from the one or more time domainresource allocation tables for the DCI in response to receiving the DCI.The configuration parameters may comprise one or more time domainresource allocation entries for a time domain resource allocation table.One time domain resource allocation entry may comprise a starting and alength indicator value (SLIV), a PUSCH mapping type, and K2 value. TheK2 may represent a scheduling offset between a scheduling DCI of a PUSCHand a starting slot index of the PUSCH. The one time domain resourceallocation (TDRA) entry may comprise a repetition number(numberOfRepetitions). The one TDRA entry may comprise a starting symbol(startSymbol) and a length addition to the SLIV. For a PUSCH, scheduledby a non-fallback DCI format such as DCI format 0_1, a base station maytransmit, to a wireless device, configuration parameters indicatingPUSCHRepTypeIndicator-ForDCIFormat0_1 to ‘puschRepTypeB’ indicating arepetition type B. In response to being configured with ‘puschRepTypeB’,the wireless device may determine a resource based on a procedure forthe repetition type B and a time domain resource allocation field of aDCI based on the DCI format 0_1. Similarly, the configuration parametersmay comprise PUSCHRepTypeIndicator-ForDCIformat0_2 to ‘puschRepTypeB’ toapply the repetition type B for a second DCI based on a DCI format 0_2.When the base station may not configurePUSCHRepTypeIndicaor-ForDCIFormat0_1 indicating ‘puschRepTypeB’, thewireless device may determine a time domain resource based on a DCIbased on a repetition type A.

For example, when the repetition type A is configured/enabled, thewireless device may determine a starting symbol S in a starting slot anda number of consecutive symbols L from the starting symbol S based on aSLIV value. For example, the SLIV value may define SLIV=14*(L−1)+S when(L−1) is smaller than or equal to 7 (half slot based on a normal CP).The SLF value may define SLIV=14*(14−L+1)+(14−1−S) when (L−1) is largerthan 7. For example, L would be greater than 0, and may be smaller thanor equal to 14-S. In an uplink BWP with an extended CP, 12 OFDM symbolsmay be assumed for a slot. A SLIV value may be determined by 12*(L−1)+Sor 12*(12−L+1)+(14−1−S) respectively based on L−1 being smallerthan/equal to 6 or larger than 6. For the repetition type A, theconfiguration parameters may comprise/indicate a TypeA or Type B for aPUSCH mapping type. For example, the base station may determine a firstOFDM symbol comprising a DM-RS based on a fixed location (e.g., a firstsymbol of a slot) when the TypeA is configured for the PUSCH mappingtype. For example, the base station may determine a first OFDM symbolcomprising a DM-RS based on a starting OFDM symbol of the PUSCH inresponse to the typeB being configured for the PUSCH mapping type.

For example, when the repetition type B is configured/enabled, thewireless device may determine a starting OFDM symbol S in a startingslot, and a number of consecutive OFDM symbols L based on a row of atime domain resource allocation table. For example, the row of the timedomain resource allocation table may comprise startSymbol for thestarting OFDM symbol S and length for the number of consecutive OFDMsymbols L. For the repetition type B, the wireless device may assumethat the TypeB is configured for the PUSCH mapping type. For example,when a TypeA is configured for a PUSCH mapping type, a staring OFDMsymbol S, a length L, and S+L may represent one or more values. Forexample, {S, L, S+L} may be {0, {4, . . . , 14}, {4, . . . , 14}} for anormal CP, and {0, {4, . . . , 12}, {4, . . . , 12}} for an extended CP.When a TypeB is configured for the PUSCH mapping type, {S, L, S+L} maybe {{0, . . . , 13}, {1, . . . , 14}, {1, . . . , 14} for a repetitiontype A, {1, . . . , 27} for a repetition type B} for the normal CP, and{{0, . . . , 11}, {1, . . . , 12}, {1, . . . , 12}} for the extended CP.

For a repetition type A, a wireless device may determine a repetitionnumber K based on a row of a time domain resource allocation table. Therow may comprise a number of repetitions. The wireless device maydetermine based on an RRC parameter, ‘pusch-AggregationFactor’ when therow may not comprise the number of repetitions. The wireless device maydetermine a single transmission based on the row may not comprise thenumber of repetitions nor the ‘pusch-AggregationFactor’ is notconfigured. The wireless device may determine the single transmissionfor a PUSCH scheduled by a fallback DCI such as a DCI format 0_0.

For a repetition type A with a repetition number K being larger than 1,a wireless device may apply a starting OFDM symbol S and a length L in aslot across K consecutive slots based on a single transmission layer.The wireless device may repeat a TB across the K consecutive slotsapplying same OFDM symbols in each slot. A redundancy version (RV)applied on a i-th transmission of the K consecutive slots may bedetermined based on a repetition type. For example, when a RV valueindicated by a DCI is 0, a second RV value for i-th transmissionoccasion (when a repetition type A is configured) or i-th actualrepetition (when a repetition type B is configured) may be determined as0 for i mod 4=0, 2 for i mod 4=1, 3 for i mod 4=2, 4 for i mod 4=3. Whenthe RV value is 2, the second RV value may be determined as 2 for i mod4=0, 3 for i mod 4=1, 1 for i mod 4=2, 0 for i mod 4=3. When the RVvalue is 3, the second RV value may be determined as 3 for i mod 4=0, 1for i mod 4=1, 0 for i mod 4=2, 0 for i mod 4=2. When the RV value is 1,the second RV value may be determined as 1 for i mod 4=0, 0 for i mod4=1, 2 for i mod 4=2, 3 for i mod 4=3.

For a repetition type A, a PUSCH transmission of a slot over a pluralityof slots may be omitted when the slot may not have a sufficient numberof uplink OFDM symbols for the PUSCH transmission. For a repetition typeB, a wireless device may determine one or more slots for a number ofnominal repetition number N. For a i-th nominal repetition, wherein i is0, . . . , N−1, wherein N may be configured by a base station via an RRCsignaling or a time domain resource allocation of a DCI. The wirelessdevice may determine a slot. The i-th nominal repetition may start,wherein a slot index would be Ks+floor ((S+iL)/N_slot_symbol), and astarting symbol in the slot may be given by mod (S+iL, N_slot_symbol).The N_slot_symbol may be 14 with a normal CP and 12 with an extended CP.The S may represent a starting OFDM symbol indicated by a time domainresource allocation field of a DCI and L may represent a lengthindicated by the time domain resource allocation field of the DCI. Thewireless device may determine a second slot wherein the i-th nominalrepetition may end wherein a second slot index of the second slot may bedetermined as Ks+floor ((S+(i+1)*L−1)/N_slot_symbol), and an endingsymbol in the second slot may be determined as mod (S+(i+1)*L−1,N_slot_symbol). The Ks may be determined as a starting slot indicated bythe time domain resource allocation field of the DCI.

When the wireless device is configured with the repetition type B, thewireless device may determine invalid OFDM symbol for PUSCH repetitionsbased on a tdd-UL-DL-ConfigurationCommon/atdd-UL-DL-ConfigurationDedicated and/or an InvalidSymbolPatternindicated by an RRC signaling. For example, the wireless device maydetermine a downlink symbol based on the tdd-UL-DL-ConfigurationCommonor the tdd-UL-DL-ConfigurationDedicated as an invalid OFDM symbol forthe repetition type B. The base station may transmit theInvalidSymbolPattern, a bitmap of OFDM symbols over one slot or twoslots. A bit of the bitmap may indicate ‘1’ to invalidate acorresponding OFDM symbol. The base station may further configureperiodicityAndPattern. A bit of the periodicityAndPattern may correspondto a unit equal to a duration of the bitmap of the InvalidSymbolPattern.The wireless device may determine invalid OFDM symbol(s) based on theInvalidSymbolPattern and the periodicityAndPattern. For example, when aPUSCH is scheduled/activated by a non-fallback DCI format such as a DCIformat 0_1/0_2 and InvalidSymbolPatternIndicator-ForDCIFormat0_1/0_2 isconfigured, a invalid symbol pattern indicator field may indicate 1, thewireless device may apply an invalid symbol pattern (e.g.,InvalidSymbolPattern). Otherwise, the wireless device may not apply theinvalid symbol pattern. When theInvalidSymbolPatternIndicator-ForDCIFormat0_1/0_2 is not configured, thewireless device may not apply the invalid symbol pattern. The wirelessdevice may determine remaining OFDM symbols. The remaining OFDM symbolsmay not comprise invalid OFDM symbol(s), the wireless device mayconsider the remaining OFDM symbols as valid OFDM symbols. When there isa sufficient number of valid OFDM symbols in a slot to transmit a PUSCHbased on a scheduling DCI, the wireless device may determine an actualrepetition of a slot wherein the slot may have consecutive sufficientvalid consecutive OFDM symbols. The wireless device may skip the actualrepetition based on a slot formation indication. The wireless device mayapply a redundancy version based on the actual repetition.

In an example, a row of a time domain resource allocation may compriseone or more resource assignments for one or more contiguous PUSCHs. A K2of the row may indicate a first PSCH of the one or more contiguousPUSCHs. Each PUSCH of the one or more contiguous PUSCHs may beindicated/scheduled with a separate SLIV value and a PUSCH mapping type.

A similar mechanism may be used to schedule a time domain resource for adownlink data.

FIG. 23 illustrates a time domain resource allocation mechanism fordownlink data as per an aspect of an embodiment of the presentdisclosure. A base station may transmit one or more RRC messagescomprising/indicating configuration parameters. The configurationparameters may comprise/indicate a list of time domain resourceallocation or a time domain resource allocation (TDRA) table. The listof TDRA or the TDRA table may comprise one or more entries/rows of TDRA.Each entry/row TDRA of the list of TDRA or the TDRA table comprises aslot offset (e.g., a scheduling offset, K0, k0) and one or more SLIVvalues (e.g., indicating a starting symbol and a length). The eachentry/row may comprise additionally/optionally a PDSCH mapping type(e.g., type A or type B).

A SLIV value may be jointly encoded a starting symbol and a length. Forexample, a SLIV value m may represent a starting symbol index s and alength l. The wireless device may determine the SLIV value m, with anormal CP, as m=14*(l−1)+s when l is smaller than 9, andm=14*(14−l)+(14−1−s) when l is between [9, 14]. Instead of 14, 12 may beused in case of extended CP.

A reserved SLIV value (e.g., 0) may be reserved to indicate no resourceallocation in a slot. For example, FIG. 23 show an index 2 of a TDRAentry comprises a SLIV #2 being set with the reserved SLIV value (e.g.,length is zero or one). The wireless device may not expect any resourceor schedule in the slot n+5 when the DCI indicates the index 2 via atime domain resource allocation.

Each TDRA entry may have one or more SLIV values, where each SLIV valuemay correspond to a slot. Each TDRA may have one or more SLIV values,where each SLIV value may correspond to a valid slot. For example, avalid slot may be determined as a slot comprising at least C (e.g., C=2or 3) valid symbols. Valid symbols may comprise downlink or flexiblesymbol for downlink TDRA table. Valid symbols may comprise uplink orflexible symbol for uplink TDRA table.

A first TDRA entry may have a first number of SLIV values, scheduling upto the first number of PDSCHs. A DCI, indicating the first TDRA entry,may schedule up to the first number of PDSCH(s).

A second TDRA entry may have a second number of SLIV values, schedulingup to the second number of PDSCHs. A DCI, indicating the second TDRAentry, may schedule up to the second number of PDSCH(s). The firstnumber may be different from the second number.

A TDRA entry may have a K SLIV values, where each SLIV value of K SLIVvalues may be set to the reserved SLIV value or may be set to a valid(s, l). A wireless device may determine no scheduling in a slotconfigured/indicated with the reserved SLIV value.

For example, FIG. 23 shows that a TDRA entry with index 0, does notschedule a PDSCH in a slot n+K, when the DCI indicates the index 0 forthe TDRA resource allocation. For example, the TDRA entry with index 0may not have a SLIV entry corresponding to the slot n+K.

For example, FIG. 23 shows that a TDRA entry with index 2, does notschedule a PDSCH in slots between [n+9, . . . , n+8+K], when the DCIindicates the index 2 for the TDRA resource allocation. For example, theTDRA entry with index 2 may have a single SLIV value corresponding to afirst PDSCH/slot.

In an example, a TDRA entry may comprise a set of {a SLIV value, amapping type, a number of repetition} and a scheduling/slot offset(e.g., k0, k2) for one or more PDSCHs or one or more PUSCHs.

In an example, a TDRA entry may comprise a set of {a SLIV value, amapping type, a k0 or k2 scheduling/slot offset} for one or more PDSCHsor one or more PUSCHs.

In an example, a TDRA entry may comprise a set of {a SLIV value} and ascheduling/slot offset (e.g., k0, k2).

For example, each row may have an index that may be determined based onan order of the each row. For example, the index may be configured viathe configuration parameters.

Based on the configuration parameters, the wireless device may determinea time domain resource allocation table shown in FIG. 23. For example,the time domain resource allocation (TDRA) table has a list of entries.Each entry comprises an index (e.g., an index of the entry, an index ofa row of the entry in the time domain resource allocation table), ascheduling offset (or a slot offset, K0, k0), one or more SLIV (e.g., astarting symbol and a length) values (and a mapping type (e.g., PDSCHMapping Type)). The wireless device may receive the DCI, scheduling oneor more PDSCHs, in a slot n. The DCI may indicate an index=1 for theTDRA table. The wireless device may determine a scheduling offset value4. The wireless device may determine a first slot of first PDSCH in aslot n+4 based on the scheduling offset. The wireless device maydetermine, for the first PDSCH, a starting symbol of 6 and a length of 5based on an index=1 of the TDRA table. The wireless device may decode atransport block carried via the first PDSCH based on the receiving thefirst PDSCH.

The wireless device may determine resource for a second PDSCH of the oneor more PDSCHs (e.g., based on SLIV #2), where starting symbol is 1 andlength is 14 for the second PDSCH.

The wireless device may determine resource for K-th PDSCH of the one ormore PDSCHs (e.g., based on SLIV #K), where starting symbol is 4 andlength is 10 for the K-th PDSCH.

In an example, a TDRA table (e.g.,PUSCH-TimeDomainResourceAllocationList,PDSCH-TimeDomainResourceAllocationList) may comprise one or more entriesof TDRA. Each TDRA entry may comprise a scheduling offset (e.g., k2-r17for PUSCH, k0-r17 for PDSCH) and one or more indexes to the list of SLIVvalues. Each of the one or more indexes may correspond to each PDSCH ofone or more PDSCHs scheduled by a DCI or each PSCH of one or more PUSCHsscheduled by a DCI.

For example, a first entry (e.g., PUSCH-SLIVList[0], PDSCH-SLIVList[0])of the list of SLIV values may be reserved for a skipping (e.g., aduration is 0 or a starting symbol is a last symbol of a slot).

In an example, the subset of SLIV values may comprise a reserved stateor a duration of zero. For example, a first SLIV value of the subset ofSLIV values (e.g., a SLIV value with index=0 or index=1) may be reservedfor indicating zero duration or no resource allocation. When thereserved state or the first SLIV value is indicated by a DCI for a PDSCHor a slot n, the wireless device may determine that resource is notallocated for the PDSCH or the slot n. The wireless device may determineto skip the PDSCH or the slot.

For example, a DCI, of a multi-PDSCH scheduling, may comprise K indexesof SLIV values for K PDSCHs or K slots. When i-th index of the K indexesindicates the reserved state or the first SLIV value with duration 0,the wireless device may determine that i-th PDSCH is skipped or i-thslot (a slot with index n+i, where the first slot has a slot index n) isskipped.

The wireless device may determine that one or more slots or one or morePDSCHs are skipped for a multi-PDSCH scheduling based on one or moreSLIV values corresponding to the one or more slots or the one or morePDSCHs. The wireless device may determine that a PDSCH or a slot isskipped in response to a SLIV value, corresponding to the PDSCH or theslot, being set to a reserved value (e.g., a duration is zero, a statingsymbol is a last symbol) or an index of the SLIV value being apredetermined value (e.g., 0 or 1).

In an example, a DCI, of a multi-PDSCH or a multi-PUSCH scheduling, maycomprise one or more NDI bits/fields, where each of the one or more NDIbits/fields corresponds to each PDSCH of one or more PDSCHs scheduled bythe DCI or each PUSCH of one or more PUSCHs scheduled by the DCI. TheDCI may also comprise one or more RV fields/bits, where each of the oneor more RV bits/fields corresponds to the each PDSCH or the each PUSCH.

The wireless device may determine whether a PDSCH of the one or morePDSCHs or a PUSCH of the one or more PUSCHs is scheduled or is skippedin a slot based on a NDI bit/field of the one or more NDI bits/fieldsand a RV bit/field of the one or more RV bits/fields. For example, theNDI bit/field corresponds to the PDSCH or the PUSCH. The RV bit/fieldcorresponds to the PDSCH or the PUSCH. For example, when the NDIbit/field is set to a first predetermined value and the RV bit/field isset to a second predetermined value, the wireless device may determinethat the PDSCH or the PUSCH is skipped. For example, when the NDIbit/field is toggled (e.g., indicates a new data) and the RV bit/fieldis set to a second predetermined value, the wireless device maydetermine that the PDSCH or the PUSCH is skipped. For example, the firstpredetermined value may be 0 (or 1). For example, the secondpredetermined value may be RV=2 (or RV=3 or RV=1).

The wireless device may determine whether a PDSCH or a PUSCH is skippedor not based on a first field and a second field. A DCI, of amulti-PDSCH or a multi-PUSCH scheduling, may comprise the first fieldand the second field. The first field and the second field maycorrespond to the PDSCH or the PUSCH.

The wireless device may determine that the PDSCH or the PUSCH is skippedin response to the first field being set to a first predetermined value(or toggled or non-toggled) and the second field being set to a secondpredetermined value (or toggled or non-toggled). Examples of the firstfield may comprise at least one of a NDI field, a RV field, a MCS field,a HARQ process ID field, a TPC field. Examples of the second field maycomprise at least one of a NDI field, a RV field, a MCS field, a HARQprocess ID field, a TPC field. The first field and the second field maybe different.

In an example, a DCI, of a multi-PDSCH or a multi-PUSCH scheduling, maycomprise a HARQ process identifier (a HARQ ID). The DCI may compriseresources for one or more PDSCHs via one or more slots. The DCI maycomprise resources for one or more PUSCHs via one or more second slots.

The wireless device may determine a HARQ process ID of a PDSCH of theone or more PDSCHs based on the HARQ ID and a gap between a second slotand a first slot. For example, the first slot is a slot where anearliest PDSCH of the one or more PDSCHs start. For example, thewireless device may determine the first slot based on a schedulingoffset indicated by the DCI. The second slot is a slot where the PDSCHof the one or more PDSCHs is scheduled or mapped or determined.

For example, the DCI schedules K slots/PDSCHs with k0=p. The wirelessdevice may determine an earliest slot (the first slot) as n+p where thewireless device receives the DCI in the slot n. The DCI indicates HARQID=Q. The wireless device may determine a HARQ process ID of a firstPDSCH (e.g., an earliest PDSCH) of the one or more PDSCHs as Q. Thewireless device may determine a HARQ process ID of a second PDSCH or anext slot (e.g., n+p+1) as a Q+1. The wireless device may determine aHARQ process ID of a i-th PDCCH or a i-th next slot (e.g., n+p+i) as aQ+i.

The wireless device may increment a HARQ process ID by 1 in every slotbetween an earliest slot and a latest slot of the one or more slotsscheduled by the DCI.

The wireless device may determine one or more second PDSCHs of the oneor more PDSCHs being skipped based on one or mor rules in thespecification. The wireless device may continue incrementing HARQprocess IDs across the one or more second PDSCHs regardless the one ormore second PDSCHs being skipped.

The wireless device may continue incrementing HARQ process ID based on aslot index or over contiguous slots starting from a first slot (or anearliest slot) determined based on a time domain resource allocationfield of a DCI, regardless of whether the wireless device may not haveany data scheduled in one or more slots of the contiguous slots.

For example, the wireless device may not continue incrementing HARQprocess IDs over slot(s) that are configured as uplink slots or thewireless device may not expect to receive any downlink data via theslot(s) as resources are indicated as uplink.

For example, the wireless device may increment a HARQ process ID in aslot that is skipped based on the one or more rules in thespecification. The wireless device may not increment the HARQ process IDin the slot if the slot is skipped due to slot formation information ordue to resource conflict (e.g., uplink resource for the downlink data).

In an example, the wireless device may increment the HARQ process ID inthe slot even if the slot is skipped due to the resource conflict.

In an example, the wireless device may increment a HARQ process ID pereach PDSCH, where example embodiments based on a slot may be applied toa PDSCH of one or more PDSCHs scheduled by the DCI.

In an example, a wireless device may be, via RRC signaling, configuredwith a first cell group comprising one or more serving cells. Thewireless device may be, via RRC signaling, configured with a second cellgroup comprising one or more second serving cells. The wireless devicemay perform a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback procedurefor the first cell group independently from a second HARQ feedbackprocedure for the second cell group. A cell group may be a master cellgroup or a secondary cell group. A cell group may be a first PUCCH cellgroup comprising a primary cell. A cell group may be a second PUCCH cellgroup not comprising the primary cell. A cell group may comprise one ormore serving cells among a plurality of serving cells configured to thewireless device. A cell group may also represent one or more servingcells associated with a first service or a first link (e.g., sidelink,multicast, broadcast, MBSM, D2D, V2X, V2P, V2I, V2N, and/or the like).

A cell group may represent one or more second serving cells associatedwith a second service or a second link (e.g., downlink/uplink, cellularcommunication, location service, and/or the like). The wireless devicemay be configured with, via RRC signaling, a first set of PUCCHresources for the first cell group. The wireless device may beconfigured with, via RRC signaling, a second set of PUCCH resources forthe second cell group. The wireless device may determine a first PUCCHfor the first cell group based on the HARQ feedback procedure. Thewireless device may determine a second PUCCH for the second cell groupbased on the second HARQ feedback procedure. For example, the firstPUCCH and the second PUCCH may overlap in time and/or frequency domain.The wireless device may determine the first PUCCH or the second PUCCHbased on a priority of the first PUCCH and a second priority of thesecond PUCCH. For example, the wireless device may determine the firstPUCCH or the second PUCCH based on a priority of the first PUCCH and athreshold for the first PUCCH. A base station may configure thethreshold for the first cell group via RRC signaling.

In an example, a wireless device may be provided with a coreset poolindex for one or more coresets of an active bandwidth part of a servingcell. The wireless device may determine a coreset pool index of acoreset as zero in response to the coreset pool index has not beenprovided for the coreset. The coreset pool index may be zero or one. Thebase station may transmit one or more RRC messages indicatingconfiguration parameters. The configuration parameters mayindicate/comprise a ACKNACKFeedbackMode between SeparateFeedback orJointFeedback. For example, when ACKNACKFeedbackMode is indicated asSeparateFeedback, the wireless device may determine first HARQ feedbackbits corresponding to a first corset pool index (or coresets of thefirst coreset pool index). The wireless device may determine second HARQfeedback bits, independently from the first HARQ feedback bits,corresponding to a second corset pool index (or coresets of the secondcoreset pool index). When ACKNACKFeedbackMode is indicated asJointFeedback, the wireless device may generate/determine HARQ feedbackbits for both coreset pool indexes jointly. When ACKNACKFeedbackMode isindicated as SeparateFeedback, the wireless device may perform a firstHARQ feedback process for the first coreset pool independently from asecond HARQ feedback process for the second coreset pool.

In an example, a wireless device may determine a priority index of aPUSCH or a PUCCH transmission. For example, the wireless device maydetermine the priority index of the PUSCH based on a DCI schedulinguplink resource(s) for the PUSCH. The DCI may comprise or indicate thepriority index. In response to the DCI does not comprise a priorityindex field, the wireless device may determine the priority index of thePUSCH is zero (0). The wireless device may determine a priority index ofa PUCCH transmission based on one or more priorities of correspondingPDSCH(s) and/or SPS PDSCH(s) or SPS PDSCH release(s) that the PUCCHtransmission carries HARQ feedback bits for the corresponding PDSCH(s)and/or SPS PDSCH(s) or SPS PDSCH release(s). In an example, the basestation may transmit one or more RRC messages comprising configurationparameters. The configuration parameters may indicate a harq-CodebookIDfor a SPS configuration, wherein the harq-CodebookID may be used todetermine a priority value of a SPS PDSCH or a SPS PDSCH release basedon the SPS configuration. The wireless device may receive a second DCIscheduling a PDSCH of the corresponding PDSCH(s). The wireless devicemay determine a priority of the PDSCH based on the second DCI. Forexample, the second DCI may comprise/indicate a priority index fieldindicating the priority. For example, the wireless device may determinethe priority as zero (0) in response to the second DCI does notcomprise/indicate the priority for the PDSCH.

In an example, a base station may schedule a PUSCH with a first prioritythat may be used to piggyback/carry HARQ feedback bits with a secondpriority. The first priority and the second priority may be different orsame. The wireless device may determine a prioritization of anoverlapping PUSCH with a first priority and a PUCCH with a secondpriority based on a rule. For example, the rule is that the wirelessdevice may determine or resolve conflict/overlapping between one or morePUCCHs and one or more PUSCHs with a same priority. For example, basedon the determining the conflict/overlapping, the wireless device mayhave a first PUCCH with a high priority (e.g., larger priority index)and either a PUSCH or a second PUCCH with a low priority (e.g., lowerpriority index) where the first PUCCH overlaps with either the PUSCH orthe second PUCCH.

The wireless device may determine to transmit the first PUCCH and maycancel either the PUSCH or the second PUCCH before a first symboloverlapping with the first PUCCH transmission. The wireless device mayexpect that a transmission of the first PUCCH may not start beforeTproc+d1 after a last symbol of a first PDCCH reception. The first PDCCHis a DCI scheduling the first PUCCH. For example, Tproc is a processingdelay and d1 is an processing offset. For example, based on thedetermining the conflict/overlapping, the wireless device may have aPUSCH with a larger priority index scheduled by a first DCI format via afirst PDCCH repetition and a PUCCH of a smaller priority index.

The wireless device may determine to transmit the PUSCH and may cancelthe PUCCH. The PUSCH and the PUCCH may overlap in time. The wirelessdevice may cancel a transmission of the PUCCH before a first symboloverlapping with a transmission of the PUSCH. The wireless device mayexpect that the transmission of the PUSCH may not start before Tproc+d1after a last symbol of the first PDCCH reception. For example, d1 may bedetermined based on a UE capability.

When a wireless device may detect a first DCI format (or a first DCI)scheduling a PUCCH with a larger priority index or a PUSCH transmissionwith a larger priority index that may overlap with a second PUCCH with asmaller priority index or a second PUSCH with a smaller priority index,the wireless device may not expect to receive a second DCI format (or asecond DCI), after receiving the first DCI format (or the first DCI),scheduling resource(s) mapped to/fully overlapped to the second PUSCH orthe second PUCCH. The base station may not reschedule or reclaim theresource(s) of the second PUSCH or the second PUCCH that are cancelledby a prioritization.

In an example, a wireless device may receive a first DCI format (or afirst DCI) in a first PDCCH reception scheduling a first PUCCH or afirst PUSCH with a higher priority index. The wireless device mayreceive a second DCI format (or a second DCI) in a second PDCCHreception scheduling a second PUCCH or a second PUSCH with a smallerpriority index. The first PUCCH or the first PUSCH may overlap with thesecond PUCCH or the second PUSCH. The wireless device may determineTproc based on a numerology of a smaller subcarrier spacing between afirst numerology of the first PDCCH and a second numerology of thesecond PDCCH and a third numerology of the first PUCCH or the firstPUSCH and a fourth numerology of the second PUCCH or the second PUSCH.

In an example, a base station may not schedule a first PUCCH or a firstPUSCH with a smaller priority index that may overlap with a second PUCCHwith a larger priority index with a HARQ feedback bits corresponding toa SPS PDSCH reception only. The base station may not schedule a firstPUCCH with a smaller priority index that may overlap in time with aPUSCH with a larger priority index and comprises SP-CSI report(s)without a corresponding scheduling DCI/PDCCH.

In an example, when a wireless device multiplex UCI(s) with a firstpriority to a PUCCH or a PUSCH, the wireless device may assume that apriority of the PUCCH or the PUSCH may have a same priority to the firstpriority. A base station may schedule to multiplex the UCI(s) with thefirst priority to the PUCCH or the PUSCH with the same priority (e.g.,the first priority). In an example, when a wireless device may bescheduled with a PUSCH without UL-SCH (e.g., data) and the PUSCH mayoverlap with a PUCCH comprising a positive SR, the wireless device maydrop/cancel a transmission of the PUSCH.

In an example, a wireless device may multiplex HARQ feedback bits in aPUSCH transmission via a configured grant resource that comprises aCG-UCI based on a cg-CG-UCI-Multiplexing configuration parameter. Forexample, the wireless device may multiple the HARQ feedback bits to thePUSCH with the CG-UCI when the cg-CG-UCI-Multiplexing is provided orindicated or enabled. Otherwise, the wireless device may not multiplex.The wireless device may multiplex the HARQ feedback bits to anothertransmission of a second PUSCH or a PUCCH.

In an example, a base station may transmit one or more RRC messagescomprising configuration parameters. The configuration parameters maycomprise/indicate pdsch-HARQ-ACK-Codebook-List. Thepdsch-HARQ-ACK-Codebook-List may indicate whether the wireless deviceneeds to generate one HARQ codebook or two HARQ codebook. When thewireless device generates one HARQ codebook, the wireless device maymultiplex in a single HARQ codebook of HARQ feedback bits associatedwith a same priority index. When the wireless device generates two HARQcodebooks, the wireless device may generate a first HARQ codebook for aPUCCH of a first priority index (e.g., priority index 0). The wirelessdevice may generate a second HARQ codebook for a second PUCCH of asecond priority index (e.g., priority index 1). For each HARQ codebook,the configuration parameters may indicate PUCCH-Config, UCI-OnPUSCH,and/or PDSCH-codeBlockGroupTransmission.

In an example, a wireless device may generate a positive acknowledgement(ACK) when the wireless device detects a DCI format that may schedule atransport block or indicates a SPS release and the wireless devicedetects the transport block or the SPS release successfully. Otherwise,the wireless device may generate a negative acknowledgement (NACK). Forexample, a value 0 may indicate an ACK. A value 1 may indicate an NACK.

In an example, the configuration parameters may indicatePDSCH-CodeBlockGroupTransmission for a serving cell to enable a codeblock group (CBG) based HARQ feedback. The wireless device may generateN bits of HARQ feedback bits for a transport block when the CBG basedHARQ feedback is enabled. For example, N is a number of HARQ feedbackbits (e.g., number of CBGs) for a transport block. The wireless devicemay determine M number of code blocks per each CBG based on a totalnumber of code blocks of the transport block. The wireless device maygenerate an ACK for a CBG in response to the wireless device correctlyreceive all code blocks of the CBG. Otherwise, the wireless device maygenerate an NACK for the CBG. When a wireless device receives twotransport blocks by a DCI or a DCI format, the wireless device maygenerate one or more HARQ feedback bits for a first transport block ofthe two transport blocks first and then generate one or more second HARQfeedback bits for a second transport block of the two transport blocks.In general, the wireless device may generate HARQ feedback bits for oneor more CBGs of a transport block first and then generate next HARQfeedback bits for one or more next transport block and so on.

In an example, a base station may transmit one or more RRC messagescomprising/indicating configuration parameters. The configurationparameters may indicate a semi-static HARQ feedback mode (e.g.,pdsch-HARQ-ACK-Codebook=semi-static) or a dynamic HARQ feedback mode(e.g., pdsch-HARQ-ACK-Codebook=dynamic).

In an example, a wireless device may be configured with dynamic HARQfeedback mode or HARQ-ACK codebook determination. Based on the dynamicHARQ feedback mode, the wireless device may multiplex of one or moreHARQ-ACK feedback bits based on a PDSCH scheduled by a DCI format thatdoes not include/comprise a counter DAI field. In an example, a wirelessdevice may determine monitoring occasions for receiving DCI(s) ofPDCCH(s) with one or more DCI formats scheduling PDSCH or SPS PDSCHrelease via an active downlink BWP of a serving cell. The wirelessdevice may determine one or more HARQ-ACK/HARQ feedback bits in a samePUCCH in a slot n based on (1) a value of a PDSCH-to-HARQ feedbacktiming indicator field of a DCI format scheduling a PDSCH reception or aSPS PDSCH release; and (2) a slot offsets or timing offsets between aPDCCH/DCI and a PDSCH (e.g., K0) provided by a time domain resourceassignment filed in a DCI format scheduling a PDSCH or a SPS PDSCHrelease; and (3) a number of slot aggregations for the PDSCH or the SPSPDSCH release.

For example, a wireless device may determine a set of PDCCH monitoringoccasions for one or more DCI format that may schedule a PDSCH receptionor a SPS PDSCH release. A PDCCH monitoring occasion may be a monitoringoccasion in a slot, in a min-slot, a sub-frame, a frame or a span. Theset of PDCCH monitoring occasions may comprise one or more monitoringoccasions based on one or more search spaces of an active DL BWPs ofconfigured serving cells. The one or more monitoring occasions may beindexed in an ascending order of a start time of a search spaceassociated or determining a PDCCH monitoring occasion. A cardinality ofthe set of PDCCH monitoring occasions may be defined as a total number Mof the one or more monitoring occasions. A value of a counter DAI fieldin one or more DCI formats may represent an accumulative number of{serving cell, PDCCH monitoring occasion}-pair(s) where PDSCH receptionor SPS PDSCH release associated with the one or more DCI formats up to acurrent PDCCH monitoring occasion.

A base station may update (e.g., increment by 1) a counter DAI value foreach PDCCH monitoring occasion to indicate accumulative number of PDSCHreceptions and/or SPS PDSCH release up to the each PDCCH monitoringoccasion. The wireless device may determine an order of a DCI, based onthe counter DAI in each PDCCH monitoring occasion.

When a wireless device may support more than a PDSCH reception per eachPDCCH monitoring occasion (e.g., PDSCH-Number-perMOperCell is largerthan 1), the wireless device may order (e.g., list) one or more PDSCHreception starting time for a same {serving cell, PDCCH monitoringoccasion} pair. The wireless device may then order (e.g., list out in anorder) PDCCH monitoring occasion or PDSCH receptions based on a servingcell index. The wireless device may then order PDCCH monitoring occasionindex (based on a starting time of PDCCH monitoring occasion). When awireless device is provided with ACKNACKFeedbackMode=JointFeedback, afirst coreset pool index may be ordered first than a second coreset poolindex for a same serving cell.

In an example, a value of a total DAI may denote/represent a totalnumber of {serving, PDCCH monitoring occasion}-pair(s) up to a currentPDCCH monitoring occasion across one or more serving cells.

FIG. 24 illustrates an example of HARQ feedback/codebook determinationwhen a wireless device is configured with a plurality of serving cells.For example, the wireless device may be configured with a first cell(Cell 0) and a second cell (Cell 1). For example, the wireless devicemay receive a first DCI via the first cell (DCI 1) that may indicate aDAI=0 and a T-DAI=1. The base station may determine a C-DAI (or DAI)and/or T-DAI for a DCI.

The T-DAI may accumulate a number of PDCCH monitoring occasions and/or anumber of DCIs, across all serving cells, up to a current PDCCHmonitoring occasion. A first monitoring occasion of the first cell mayoverlap and may have a same starting time to a first monitoring occasionof the second cell. A base station may set the T-DAI of the first DCIbeing two. The base station may set a T-DAI of a second DCI (DCI 2) viathe second cell.

A DAI value of the second DCI may be set to 1 (e.g., counter DAI). Forexample, the base station may set the DAI value of the second DCI to 1.The wireless device may not receive successfully a third DCI (DCI3) thatmay indicate a T-DAI=2 and DAI=2. The wireless device may receive afourth DCI (DCI4) with a T-DAI=3 and DAI=3.

The wireless device may receive a fifth DCI (DCI5) with a T-DAI=4 andDAI=4.

A value of a T-DAI may be wrapped around (e.g., modulo operation, suchas a modulo n, which may be expressed as a mode n or a % n) when itreaches a maximum value (e.g., n) or a threshold (e.g., a maximumvalue=4 based on 2 bits of T-DAI field, a maximum value=2{circumflexover ( )}K or 2{circumflex over ( )}K−1 where K is a number of bits usedfor a T-DAI field in a DCI format). The wireless device may determineHARQ-ACK bits as follows. For example, actual value of T-DAI and C-DAIvale may be 0 for the fifth DCI based on the wrapping up mechanism(e.g., 4 mod 4=0, 4% 4=0 when n is 4, an actual value may be determinedbased on modulo n, where n is 2{circumflex over ( )}K with K bits usedfor a DAI field).

For example, for each PDCCH monitoring occasion (e.g., a first PDCCHmonitoring occasion is a first time when the wireless device may monitora first monitoring occasion via the first cell and a first monitoringoccasion via the second cell), the wireless device may determine anumber of HARQ-ACK feedback bits for each serving cell based on a cellindex (e.g., determine the first cell and then determine the second cellwhen an index of the first cell is lower than an index of the secondcell).

For example, a PDCCH monitoring occasion may indicate a starting time ina slot where a wireless device may start monitoring one or more PDCCHcandidates via a monitoring occasion of a serving cell. For example, aPDCCH monitoring occasion may indicate a monitoring occasiondetermined/configured based on a search space configuration.

For example, the wireless device may determine a number of HARQ-ACK bitsfor a serving cell based on a DAI field of the each PDCCH monitoringoccasion. For example, the wireless device may determine a bit indexamong HARQ-ACK bits to put ACK or NACK for a transport block or a SPSPDSCH release scheduled by a DCI for the serving cell, where thewireless device may receive the DCI via the each PDCCH monitoringoccasion.

The wireless device may determine a first HARQ-ACK bit for a transportblock of the first cell at the first PDCCH monitoring occasion. Thewireless device may determine a second HARQ-ACK bit for a transportblock of the second cell at the first PDCCH monitoring occasion. Thewireless device may move to a next PDCCH monitoring occasion whichoccurs after the first monitoring occasion but occur before othermonitoring occasions.

In FIG. 24, the wireless device may determine a second monitoringoccasion via the first cell as the wireless device may not detect anyDCI via a second monitoring occasion via the second cell. The wirelessdevice may determine a third HARQ ACK bit corresponding to a PDSCH or aSPS PDSCH release scheduled via the fourth DCI (DCI 4). The wirelessdevice may move to a next PDCCH monitoring occasion, where the wirelessdevice receives a DCI with a DAI value. For example, the wireless devicemay determine a third monitoring occasion via the second cell as thenext PDCCH monitoring occasion. The wireless device may determine afourth HARQ ACK bit corresponding to a PDSCH or a SPS PDSCH scheduled bythe fifth DCI (DCI5).

The wireless device may determine a total DAI value for a PUCCHresource, based on a last DCI received for the PUCCH resource. Forexample, the fifth DCI may be a last DCI that the wireless devicereceives for the PUCCH resource in FIG. 26. The fifth DCI indicates aT-DAI=4 that may indicate five DCIs have been scheduled up to thecurrent PDCCH monitoring occasion.

The wireless device may determine a number of HARQ-ACK bits based on theT-DAI of the last DCI.

The wireless device may determine an order (e.g., a bit order) of eachDCI or a PDSCH scheduled by the each DCI based on a C-DAI value of theeach DCI. For example, a bit order of the fourth DCI (DCI 4) is 3, thewireless device may place a HARQ-ACK bit for the fourth DCI in a bitwith index 3 as shown in FIG. 26.

The wireless device may determine NACK for a missed DCI between thesecond DCI and the fourth DCI. The wireless device may generateaggregated HARQ-ACK feedback by ascending order of a start time of aPDCCH monitoring occasion (e.g., the first DCI, the second DC

(the third DCI

) the fourth DCI

the fifth DCI) and for each PDCCH monitoring occasion based on a cellindex (e.g., the first cell

the second cell in the first monitoring occasion).

The wireless device may determine whether a SPS PDSCH reception based ona SPS configuration is mapped to the PUCCH resource. When a single SPSPDSCH reception across cells is mapped to the PUCCH resource, thewireless device may generate a HARQ-ACK bit corresponding to the SPSPDSCH reception. The wireless device may append the HARQ-ACK bit afterthe aggregated HARQ-ACK feedback based on one or more PDCCH monitoringoccasions.

In FIG. 24, the wireless device may append a HARQ-ACK bit for the SPSPDSCH after five bits of HARQ-ACK bits. The wireless device may transmitthe appended HARQ-ACK bits via the PUCCH resource.

The wireless device may determine a bit order of HARQ-ACK feedback forone or more DCIs/PDSCHs based on C-DAI/T-DAI values of the one or moreDCIs.

If the wireless device may be configured with a plurality of coresetpool indexes for a serving cell, the wireless device may further orderbased on a coreset pool index (e.g., a first coreset pool

a second coreset pool). When a wireless device may be configured with aplurality of transport blocks for any serving cell, the wireless devicemay determine two ACK and/or NACK bits for each PDCCH monitoringoccasion of a serving cell. The wireless device may transmit 5 bits ofHARQ ACK feedback corresponding to an order of DCI1, DCI2, DCI3, DCI4and DCI5.

In an example, a wireless device may transmit a HARQ-ACK information(e.g., a HARQ-ACK codebook, one or more HARQ-ACK codebooks, and/or thelike) in a PUCCH resource in a slot n. The wireless device may determinea bitmap of ACK-NACK information. The bitmap of ACK-NACK information maycomprise a HARQ-ACK codebook, where the HARQ-ACK codebook may compriseone or more HARQ-ACK sub-codebooks. For example. The bitmap of ACK-NACKinformation may comprise one or more HARQ-ACK codebooks.

For example, the wireless device may generate a first bitmap for a firstHARQ-ACK sub-codebook. The wireless device may generate a second bitmapfor a second HARQ-ACK sub-codebook. For example, the wireless device maygenerate the first bitmap for a first HARQ-ACK codebook. The wirelessdevice may generate the second bitmap for a second HARQ-ACK codebook. APUCCH may comprise a HARQ-ACK codebook comprising one or more HARQ-ACKsub-codebooks. A PUCCH may comprise one or more HARQ-ACK codebooks.

For example, a wireless device may perform encoding based on a HARQ-ACKcodebook. When a HARQ-ACK codebook comprises a plurality of HARQ-ACKsub-codebooks, the wireless device may append the plurality of HARQ-ACKsub-codebooks before performing encoding.

Example embodiments may generate a plurality of HARQ-ACK sub-codebooksfor a HARQ-ACK codebook. Example embodiments may generate a plurality ofHARQ-ACK codebooks, where each HARQ-ACK codebook, of the plurality ofHARQ-ACK codebooks, may correspond to a HARQ-ACK sub-codebook of theexamples.

In an example, a wireless device may generate a HARQ-ACK codebookcomprising one or more HARQ-ACK sub-codebooks. The wireless device mayencode the HARQ-ACK codebook and may transmit the encoded bits via aPUCCH resource.

For example, a first HARQ-ACK sub-codebook (e.g., a codebook, asub-codebook, a first HARQ-ACK codebook) may correspond to one or moredownlink channels (e.g., PDSCH), where each downlink channel carries oneor more transport blocks. A second HARQ-ACK sub-codebook may correspondto one or more second downlink channels (e.g., PDSCH), where each seconddownlink channel carries one or more code block groups (CBGs).

For the first HARQ-ACK sub-codebook, the wireless device may generate P1bits of ACK-NACK bits for a downlink channel of the one or more downlinkchannels. For example, P1 may be 1 in response to a number of transportblock for a slot (e.g., maxNrofCodeWordsScheduledByDCI=1) being one. Forexample, P1 may be 2 in response to a number of transport block for aslot (e.g., maxNrofCodeWordsScheduledByDCI=2) being two. For example,the wireless device may generate P1 bits of ACK-NACK bit(s) for each DAIvalue based on counter DAI and/or T-DAI for the first HARQ-ACKsub-codebook.

For the second HARQ-ACK sub-codebook, the wireless device may generateP2 bits of ACK-NACK bits for a downlink channel of the one or moresecond downlink channels. For example, P2 may be M in response to anumber of transport block for a slot (e.g.,maxNrofCodeWordsScheduledByDCI=1) being one and a number of maximum CBGsconfigured to a serving cell being M. For example, P2 may be 2*M inresponse to a number of transport block for a slot (e.g.,maxNrofCodeWordsScheduledByDCI=2) being two and a number of maximum CBGsconfigured to a serving cell being M. For example, the wireless devicemay generate P2 bits of ACK-NACK bit(s) for each DAI value based oncounter DAI and/or T-DAI for the second HARQ-ACK sub-codebook.

In an example, the wireless device may determine a first C-DAI/T-DAI forthe first HARQ-ACK sub-codebook. The wireless device may determine asecond C-DAI/T-DAI for the second HARQ-ACK sub-codebook.

In an example, a wireless device may be configured with a first cell anda second cell. The first cell and the second cell may be activated. Abase station may transmit one or more RRC messages indicatingconfiguration parameters. The configuration parameters mayindicate/comprise a number of CBGs for the second cell. The wirelessdevice may determine a DCI format, for the second cell, comprising a CBGtransmission information (CBGTI). The CBGTI may be a bitmap, where eachbit may correspond to each CBG of one or more CBGs, where a number ofthe one or more CBGs may be limited by the number of CBGs configured forthe second cell. The base station may not configure a CBG transmissionfor the first cell. The base station may transmit a second DCI format,for the first cell, based on a transport block transmission.

The wireless device may not be configured with a third DCI format, forthe second cell, where the third DCI format may schedule resources ofthe second cell based on a transport block transmission.

The wireless device may receive a first DCI indicating downlinkresources, of a first downlink channel, of the first cell with a PUCCHresource. The wireless device may receive a second DCI indicating seconddownlink resources, of a second downlink channel, of the second cellwith the PUCCH resource. The wireless device may determine a firstHARQ-ACK sub-codebook comprising ACK-NACK bit(s) corresponding to thefirst downlink channel. The wireless device may determine a secondHARQ-ACK sub-codebook comprising ACK-NACK bit(s) corresponding to thesecond downlink channel. The wireless device may append the secondHARQ-ACK sub-codebook to the first HARQ-ACK sub-codebook. The wirelessdevice may transmit the appended bits via the PUCCH resource.

In an example, the wireless device may generate a HARQ-ACK bit for asemi-persistent scheduling (SPS) PDSCH reception based on a SPS PDSCHconfiguration. The wireless device may append the HARQ-ACK bit to thefirst HARQ-ACK sub-codebook, before appending the second HARQ-ACKsub-codebook to the first HARQ-ACK sub-codebook. The wireless device mayplace the HARQ-ACK bit of the SPS PDSCH reception via the first HARQ-ACKsub-codebook.

When semipersistent scheduling is activated, a wireless device mayperiodically receive downlink data transmissions (e.g., SPS PDSCHtransmissions, via SPS PDSCH receptions, via SPS PDSCH occasions). Theperiodicity of receiving the downlink data transmissions mayRRC-configured (e.g., based on one or more periodicity parametersreceived through RRC signaling). First resource of periodic resourcesmay be scheduled via a downlink control channel. The wireless device mayactivate the first resource and a semi-persistent scheduling based onthe downlink control channel. The wireless device may receive downlinkdata transmission via periodic resources other than first resourcewithout receiving downlink control channel(s).

In an example, a wireless device may be configured with one or moreserving cells. The wireless device may receive one or more RRC messagesindicating configuration parameters. The configuration parameters mayindicate/comprise one or more SPS PDSCH configurations (e.g., SPS PDSCHconfigs, SPS configs, SPS configurations) for a cell of the one or moreserving cells. The wireless device may receive a DCI activating a singleSPS PDSCH configuration of the one or more SPS PDSCH configurations. TheDCI may comprise/indicate a slot offset/scheduling offset (kW) forreceiving a first SPS PDSCH. The wireless device may determine the firstSPS PDSCH reception based on the DCI and the slot offset (k0). Forexample, a slot n of the first SPS PDSCH is after k0 slots from the DCI(e.g., a first slot of the DCI).

The wireless device may determine one or more SPS PDSCH receptions whereeach of the one or more SPS PDSCH receptions may occur at a slot n+i*P,where i is 1, 2, . . . , and P is a periodicity of the SPSconfiguration. An SPS PDSCH reception may be a resource (e.g.,time-domain, frequency-domain, and/or spatial-domain) in the PDSCH or anSPS PDSCH during which the base station may, or may not, transmit atransport block to the wireless device. The SPS PDSCH reception mayrefer to resources of a SPS transmission by the base station.

The wireless device may determine a PUCCH resource of the first SPSPDSCH based on a PDSCH-to-HARQ_feedback timing (e.g., k1) indicated bythe DCI. The wireless device may transmit a HARQ-ACK feedback for thefirst SPS PDSCH via the PUCCH resource. The wireless device maydetermine one or more PUCCH resources of the one or more SPS PDSCHreceptions where each PUCCH resource of the one or more PUCCH resourcesmay occur in a slot n+i*P+k1. A same timing/scheduling offset/gapbetween a SPS PDSCH reception and a PUCCH resource may be repeated foreach periodicity. The wireless device may transmit a HARQ-ACK feedbackof each SPS PDSCH via each PUCCH resource of the one or more PUCCHresources.

The wireless device may determine a PUCCH resource in a slot n. Thewireless device may determine a number of SPS PDSCH configuration(s),where a HARQ-ACK feedback corresponding to a SPS PDSCH, of one or moreSPS PDSCH configurations, is scheduled via the PUCCH resource. Forexample, the wireless device may determine the one or more SPSconfigurations based on periodicity(s) and/or PDSCH-to-HARQ_feedbacktiming values and/or a repetition of each SPS PDSCH.

The wireless device may determine HARQ-ACK feedbacks of a plurality ofSPS PDSCH configurations may be mapped/correspond to a PUCCH resource(e.g., a same PUCCH resource).

FIG. 25 illustrates an example embodiment of a DAI counter procedurewith a multi-PDSCH scheduling as per an aspect of an embodiment of thepresent disclosure.

A base station may transmit one or more RRC messagescomprising/indicating configuration parameters. A wireless device may beconfigured with two serving cells comprising a first cell (Cell 0) and asecond cell (Cell 1). The second cell may be configured with amulti-PDSCH scheduling. The first cell may be configured with amulti-PDSCH scheduling. The first cell may not be configured with amulti-PDSCH scheduling.

For example, a multi-PDSCH DCI format may refer a DCI format used for amulti-PDSCH scheduling. For example, the multi-PDSCH DCI format may be anon-fallback DCI format (e.g., DCI format 1_1). For example, themulti-PDSCH DCI format may be a DCI format 1_3. The multi-PDSCH DCIformat may comprise a plurality of NDI bits, where each of the pluralityof NDI bits corresponds to each PDSCH of one or more PDSCHs scheduled bya DCI based on the multi-PDSCH DCI format. The multi-PDSCH DCI formatmay comprise a plurality of RV fields/bits, where each of the pluralityof RV fields/bits corresponds to each PDSCH of the one or more PDSCHs.

For example, a single-PDSCH DCI format may refer a DCI format used for asingle-PDSCH scheduling. For example, the single-PDSCH DCI format may bea non-fallback DCI format (e.g., DCI format 1_1). For example, themulti-PDSCH DCI format may be a DCI format 1_2. For example, the singlePDSCH DCI format may be a fallback DCI format (e.g., DCI format 1_0).The single-PDSCH DCI format may comprise a single NDI bit for a singlePDSCH.

In an example, a base station and a wireless device may determine acounter DAI of a DCI based on a number of PDSCHs, SPS PDSCH release,and/or a SCell dormancy indication scheduled by a previous DCI and afirst counter DAI value of the previous DCI.

The base station may increment by the number of PDSCHs, SPS PDSCHrelease, and/or a SCell dormancy indication scheduled by the previousDCI from the first counter DAI value.

In an example, a base station and a wireless device may determine acounter DAI of a DCI based on an accumulation of a number of PDSCHs, SPSPDSCH release, and/or a SCell dormancy indication scheduled up to theDCI via {serving cell, a current PDCCH monitoring occasion}-pair (referto FIG. 26).

In an example, a base station and a wireless device may determine acounter DAI of a DCI based on an accumulation of a number of transportblock(s), SPS PDSCH release(s), and/or a SCell dormancy indicationscheduled up to the DCI via {serving cell, a current PDCCH monitoringoccasion}-pair (refer to FIG. 26).

The DCI and the previous DCI may share (e.g., count, consider, use) aDAI counter procedure that was used by the base station. The basestation may have used the same DAI counter procedure to update the C-DAIvalue and the T-DAI value of the DCI compared to (or from) the previousDCI. The previous DCI may be a DCI that occurs in a same PDCCHmonitoring occasion or previous PDCCH monitoring occasion than the DCI.The base station may not schedule any DCI, based on the DAI counter,between the previous DCI and the DCI.

The base station and the wireless device may determine a total DAI of aDCI, in a PDCCH monitoring occasion, based on a number of PDSCH(s), SPSPDSCH release, and/or a SCell dormancy indication scheduled by one ormore DCIs up to the PDCCH monitoring occasion. The one or more DCIs maycomprise the DCI. The base station may increment, by P_accu, the totalDAI of the DCI from a previous DCI in a previous PDCCH monitoringoccasion. For example, the previous PDCCH monitoring occasion occursimmediacy before the PCCH monitoring occasion. For example, the previousDCI may occur before the DCI.

The wireless device may determine P_accu as a sum/accumulation of one ormore number of one or more PDSCHs, SPS PDSCH release, and/or a SCelldormancy indication scheduled via one or more second DCIs, in the PDCCHmonitoring occasion. For example, the base station schedules the DCI anda second DCI in the PDCCH monitoring occasion, where the DCI schedulesP1 PDSCHs, and the second DCI schedules P2 PDSCHs. The P_accu is P1+P2in that case.

In an example, a base station and a wireless device may determine acounter DAI of a DCI based on a number of HARQ-ACK bits for one or morePDSCHs, SPS PDSCH release(s), SCell dormancy indication scheduled by aprevious DCI and a first counter DAI value of the previous DCI.

The number of HARQ-ACK bits may be determined based on a number oftransport blocks scheduled via the one or more PDSCHs.

The number of HARQ-ACK bits may be determined based on a number of SPSPDSCH release(s) (e.g., 1) via the previous DCI.

The number of HARQ-ACK bits may be determined based on a number of SCelldormancy indication (e.g., 1) via the previous DCI.

For example, the configuration parameters may comprise/indicate amaximum number (M_harq) of HARQ-ACK bits for a multi-PDSCH DCI. Forexample, when a multi-PDSCH DCI schedules P PDSCHs, where P may belarger than M M_harq the wireless device may generate up to M_harqHARQ-ACK bits for the P PDSCHs. The base station may increment M_harq,instead of P, for a next DCI after the multi-PDSCH DCI based on themaximum number of HARQ-ACK bits.

For example, the base station and the wireless device may determine atotal DAI of the DCI based on a sum of one or more number of HARQ-ACKbits based on one or more DCIs in the PDCCH monitoring occasion. The oneor more DCIs may comprise the DCI. When a number of PDSCHs scheduled bya second DCI is smaller than M, a number of HARQ-ACK bits, for thesecond DCI, may be same as the number of PDSCHs for the second DCI.

In an example, the configuration parameters may indicatemaxNrofCodeWordsScheduledByDCI=2 for the second cell with a multi-PDSCHscheduling. Each PDSCH may indicate/comprise up to two TBs. WhenmaxNrofCodeWordsScheduledByDCI=2 is configured for a cell with amulti-PDSCH scheduling, the base station and the wireless device maydetermine/increment a DAI counter based on a number of HARQ-ACK bits.For example, when a multi-PDSCH DCI schedules one or more PDSCHs with asecond TB enabled, a number of HARQ_ACK bits may be twice of a number ofthe one or more PDSCHs. For example, when a multi-PDSCH DCI schedulesone or more PDSCHs with a second TB disabled, a number of HARQ_ACK bitsmay be same as a number of the one or more PDSCHs

The wireless device may determine a number of HARQ-ACK bits based on anumber of scheduled PDSCH(s), a number of TBs in each PDSCH of thescheduled PDSCH(s), and/or a CBG transmission for any TB of the TB(s)via the scheduled PDSCH(s). For example, when a CBG transmission isconfigured for the cell, a number of HARQ-ACK bits may be P*T*M, where Pis a number of scheduled PDSCHs, T is a number of TBs scheduled for aPDSCH, and M is a maximum number of CBGs (or configured number of CBGs).

The wireless device may determine a HARQ-ACK bit for a DCI indicating aSPS PDSCH release, or a SCell dormancy indication.

For example, the base station and the wireless device may determine anumber of HARQ-ACK bits num_harq_bits=, where Ti is a number of TBs viaa PDSCH with index i (or i-th PDSCH) and Mi is a number of CBGstransmitted for TB(s) via the PDSCH with index i.

When a maximum number of HARQ-ACK bits (M_harq) is configured, thewireless device may determine a number of HARQ-ACK bits as max (M_harq,num_harq_bits).

The wireless device may determine a number of PDSCHs of the one or morePDSCHs based on the first DCI. For example, the wireless device maydetermine a number of slots, where the one or more PDSCHs are scheduled.For example, when the first DCI schedules resources from slot n to slotn+K for the one or more PDSCHs, the wireless device may determine thenumber of PDSCHs as K+1. The wireless device may count a number ofconsecutive slots of first PDSCH, of the one or more PDSCHs, and lastPDSCH of the one or more PDSCHs. The wireless may count a number ofslots, where any PDSCH of the one or more PDSCHs is scheduled. Thewireless device may count a number of the one or more PDSCHs, where thefirst DCI indicates resources for each of the one or more PDSCHs.

The wireless device may count a number of one or more second PDSCHs ofthe one or more PDSCHs, where each of the one or more second PDSCHscomprises a transport block (e.g., the each of the one or more secondPDSCHs is not skipped).

The wireless device may determine a PDSCH is skipped based on a SLIVentry corresponding to the PDSCH or based on a combination of one ormore DCI fields. The wireless device may count the number of un-skipped(e.g., non-skipped, delivered, transmitted) or transmitted PDSCHs. Thewireless device may determine the number of PDSCHs based on a field bythe first DCI. the first DCI may comprise the field indicating thenumber of PDSCHs scheduled by the first DCI.

In FIG. 25, a DAI counter procedure may be shared/used between the firstDCI, the second DCI and the third DCI. The first DCI may comprise aC-DAI value of 0 and a T-DAI value of 2. The base station may reset theC-DAI for the first DCI as the first DCI is an earliest DCI indicating aPUCCH resource. The base station may set the T-DAI of the first DCI as 2based on accumulated number of PDSCHs up to a first PDCCH monitoringoccasion. The wireless device may monitor the first DCI via the firstPDCCH monitoring occasion.

The base station may determine a C-DAI value of the second DCI as 3(e.g., a number of PDSCHs/a number of HARQ-ACK bits for the first DCI is3). The base station may increment the C-DAI value of the second DCY bythe number of PDSCHs scheduled by the first DCI. The base station maydetermine a T-DAI of the second DCI as 3 as a sum of a number of PDSCHsby the first DCI and a second number of PDSCH scheduled by the secondDCI (e.g., 3+1).

The base station may determine a C-DAI value of the third DCI as 4(e.g., increment by a number of PDSCH(s) scheduled by the second DCI,from the C-DAI value of the second DCI). The base station may determinea T-DAI value of the third DCI as 4 (e.g., a sum of all PDSCHs scheduledup to a third PDCCH monitoring occasion). The wireless device maymonitor the third DCI via the third PDCCH monitoring occasion.

The wireless device may determine first bit index or a starting bitindex in a HARQ-ACK sub-codebook, for one or more PDSCHs scheduled by aDCI, based on a C-DAI value of the DCI. For example, the first bit orthe starting bit of the three PDSCHs by the first DCI is 0 based on theC-DAI being 0.

The wireless device may map three HARQ-ACK bits for the three PDSCHs bythe first DCI starting from 1^(st) bit of the HARQ-ACK sub-codebook to3^(rd) bit of the HARQ-ACK codebook. For example, the wireless devicemay generate a HARQ-ACK bit for a first PDSCH of the three PDSCHs (M-DCIPDSCH #1) and put in 1^(st) bit. The wireless device may put a HARQ-ACKbit for a second PDSCH of the three PDSCHs (M-DCI PDSCH #2) in 2^(nd)bit. The wireless device may put a HARQ-ACK bit for a third PDSCH of thethree PDSCHs (M-DCI PDSCH #3) in 3^(rd) bit. The wireless device maygenerate HARQ-ACK bits for one or more PDSCHs scheduled by a multi-PDSCHDCI based on ascending order of reception timing. The wireless devicemay generate first HARQ-ACK bit for an earliest PDSCH of the one or morePDSCHs, and may generate last HARQ-ACK bit for a latest PDCH of the oneor more PDSCHs.

The first bit or the starting bit of a first PDSCH scheduled by thesecond DCI is 3 (e.g., 4^(th) bit) based on the C-DAI being 3.

The wireless device may map a HARQ-ACK bit for the first PDSCH at the4^(th) bit.

The first bit or the starting bit of a second PDSCH scheduled by thethird DCI is 4 (e.g., 5^(th) bit) based on the C-DAI being 4.

The wireless device may miss receiving the second DCI. The wirelessdevice may fail to decode the second DCI. The wireless device may notreceive the first PDSCH. The wireless device may generate NACK for the4^(th) bit of the HARQ-ACK sub-codebook.

The wireless device may map a HARQ-ACK bit for the second PDSCH at the5^(th) bit.

When a dynamic HARQ-ACK codebook (e.g., Type-2 HARQ-ACK codebookdetermination) is configured for the wireless device, the wirelessdevice may expect a C-DAI and/or T-DAI field in a DCI. A single-PDSCHDCI format may comprise K bits of C-DAI field and K bits of T-DAI field.A multi-PDSCH DCI format may comprise M bits of C-DAI field and M bitsof T-DAI field. For example, M is larger than K. For example, K is 2.For example, M is 4 or 5.

The wireless device and the base station may determine a first DAIcounter procedure for a single-PDSCH scheduling. The wireless device andthe base station may determine a second DAI counter procedure for amulti-PDSCH scheduling.

FIG. 26 illustrates example embodiment of a DAI counter procedure for amulti-PDSCH scheduling as per an aspect of an embodiment of the presentdisclosure.

The base station may configure four serving cells to the wirelessdevice. A first cell (Cell 0), a second cell (Cell 1), a third cell(Cell 2) and a fourth cell (Cell 3) may be configured with a multi-PDSCHscheduling. For example, a first DCI, via the first cell, may schedule 5PDSCHs, and is an earliest DCI indicating a PUCCH resource. The basestation may set a C-DAI of the first DCI as zero based on the earliestDCI. The base station may determine a T-DAI of the first DCI as 11(e.g., 12 counter) based on a sum of a first number of PDSCHs by thefirst DCI and a second number of PDSCHs scheduled by a second DCI. Thewireless device may receive the second DCI via the fourth cell. Thesecond DCI may schedule 7 PDSCHs. The sum of PDSCHs scheduled by bothDCIs in a PDCCH monitoring occasion may be 12.

Each PDCCH monitoring occasion may be determined as a slot.

The base station may increment by the first number for a C-DAI of thesecond DCI. The C-DAI of the second DCI is set to 5.

The base station may increment by a second number for a C-DAI of a thirdDCI, via the second cell in a slot n+1.

The base station may determine a total DAI (T-DAI) of the third DCIbased on an accumulated number of PDSCHs up to a second PDCCH monitoringoccasion.

The base station may schedule the third DCI and the fourth DCI via thesecond PDCCH monitoring occasion. The base station may add the firstnumber, the second number, a third number (a number of PDSCHs scheduledby the third DCI), and a fourth number (a number of PDSCHs scheduled bythe fourth DCI).

The base station may determine the total DAI of the third DCI and thefourth DCI based on adding the first number, the second number, thethird number and the fourth number (e.g., 5+7+8+1=21). The total DAIvalue of the third DCI and the fourth DCI is set to 20.

Similarly, a fifth DCI, via the first cell, in a slot n+3, may indicatea C-DAI=21 and a T-DAI=26. A sixth DCI may indicate a C-DAI=25 and aT-DAI=26.

In an example, the wireless device and the base station may determine toincrement a counter-DAI and/or a total-DAI for the activation DCI. Thewireless device and the base station may determine the counter-DAIand/or the total-DAI based on a single SPS PDSCH regardless of timedomain resources indicated by the activation DCI.

In an example, to avoid ambiguity in a number of HARQ-ACK bits due tomultiple SPS PDSCH receptions may occur before a first PUCCH resourcebased on an activation DCI, the wireless device and the base station maydetermine a counter-DAI and/or a total-DAI, of the activation DCI, basedon a number of multiple SPS PDSCH receptions. For example, when M numberof SPS PDSCH receptions may correspond to the first PUCCH resource basedon the activation DCI, the base station may determine the counter-DAIand/or the total-DAI based on the M. When the wireless device misses(e.g., fails to decode and/or receive) the activation DCI, the wirelessdevice may determine M NACK bits. When the wireless device receives theactivation DCI, the wireless device may determine M HARQ-ACK bitscorresponding to the M SPS PDSCH receptions.

Example embodiments may reduce an ambiguity in a HARQ-ACK codebook sizeregardless of missing an activation DCI for the SPS configuration.

In an example, the base station may skip transmitting the multiple SPSPDSCH receptions except for a first/earliest SPS PDSCH reception. Thewireless device may determine a single HARQ-ACK bit for thefirst/earliest SPS PDSCH reception. This may reduce an ambiguity in aHARQ-ACK codebook size due to multiple SPS PDSCH reception occasionsbased on the activation DCI.

In existing technologies, a HARQ process identifier of a transport blockvia a SPS PDSCH reception may be determined based on time domainresource of the SPS PDSCH reception. When a multi-PDSCH DCI activates aSPS configuration, implementation of existing technologies may generatea same HARQ process for two consecutive SPS PDSCH receptions (e.g., twoconsecutive SPS PDSCH receptions are in a same slot). Enhancement in aHARQ process identifier may be needed.

In an example, a wireless device may determine one or more SPS PDSCHreceptions in each inter/periodicity. The wireless device may determinea first HARQ process identifier for a first/earliest SPS PDSCH receptionof the one or more SPS PDSCH reception. The wireless device mayincrement a HARQ process ID by 1 in each of the one or more SPS PDSCHreceptions except for the first/earliest SPS PDSCH reception. This mayallow efficient HARQ process identifier for the SPS configurationactivated multiple resources in each interval/periodicity.

In an example, a wireless device may receive one or more RRC messagescomprising/indicating configuration parameters. The configurationparameters may indicate a serving cell. The configuration parameters mayindicate a multi-PDSCH scheduling configured for the serving cell. Theconfiguration parameters may indicate a DCI format for the multi-PDSCHscheduling of the serving cell. The configuration parameters mayindicate a maximum number (e.g., M) of PDSCHs/slots scheduled by a DCIbased on the multi-PDSCH scheduling. The configuration parameters mayindicate a TDRA table comprising one or more TDRA entries. Each TDRAentry of the one or more TDRA entries may indicate resources for one ormore PDSCHs/slots.

The configuration parameters may indicate/comprise a SPS configurationfor the serving cell.

For example, the wireless device may receive a DCI, based on amulti-PDSCH scheduling or a multi-PDSCH DCI format, activating a SPSconfiguration. For example, the multi-PDSCH DCI format may indicate aplurality of time domain resources (e.g., a plurality of SLIV values)where each time domain resource (e.g., the start and length values ofthe SLIV) of the plurality of time domain resources corresponds to aPDSCH or a slot (e.g., a slot in which a PDSCH transmission is to bereceived). For example, the multi-PDSCH DCI format may comprise a bitmapof NDI field, where each bit of the bitmap corresponds to each PDSCH ofone or more PDSCHs or each slot of one or more slots. A DCI based on themulti-PDSCH DCI may schedule the one or more PDSCHs or the one or moreslots.

The wireless device may determine a SPS PDSCH reception from the one ormore PDSCHs. For example, the wireless device may determine a latest orlast PDSCH of the one or more PDSCHs. The wireless device may determinea latest or last SLIV of the plurality of SLIV for the SPS PDSCHreception. The wireless device may determine a latest or last timedomain resource of the plurality of time domain resources for the SPSPDSCH reception.

The wireless device may determine a SPS PDSCH reception from the one ormore PDSCHs. For example, the wireless device may determine an earliestor first PDSCH of the one or more PDSCHs. The wireless device maydetermine an earliest or first SLIV of the plurality of SLIV for the SPSPDSCH reception. The wireless device may determine an earliest or firsttime domain resource of the plurality of time domain resources for theSPS PDSCH reception.

The DCI may be scrambled with a second RNTI. For example, the secondRNTI may comprise a CS-RNTI, a SPS-C-RNTI, or a SPS-RNTI. For example,the second RNTI may be used for a SPS configuration and/or a CGconfiguration. The second RNTI may be configured to the wireless devicefor activating/releasing one or more SPS configurations and/or one ormore CG configurations. The second RNTI may be configured to thewireless device for scheduling resources for retransmission of transportblock(s), where initial transmission of the transport block(s) may havebeen scheduled via the one or more SPS configuration and/or the one ormore CG configurations.

The DCI may be based on a multi-PDSCH DCI format (e.g., a DCI format1_1, a DCI format 1_2). The multi-PDSCH DCI format may comprise aplurality of NDI fields/bits and/or a plurality of RV fields/bits. Themulti-PDSCH DCI format may indicate a TDRA entry of a TDRA table, whereat least one entry of the TDRA table comprises a plurality of SLIVvalues/time domain resources. The TDRA table may be configured for amulti-PDSCH scheduling of the serving cell.

The DCI may be based on a fallback DCI format. The fallback DCI format(e.g., DCI format 1_0) may indicate a multi-PDSCH scheduling or may beconsidered as a multi-PDSCH DCI format. For example, the fallback DCIformat may comprise a time domain resource allocation field indicatingan entry of the TDRA table configured for the multi-PDSCH scheduling forthe serving cell.

A serving cell or a cell may be referred as an active (downlink) BWP ofthe serving cell or the cell in the specification. For example,configuration parameters may be configured for a BWP of the servingcell. The configuration parameters may be referred as configurationparameters of an active BWP of the serving cell.

The DCI may comprise a time domain resource allocation field indicatingone or more SLIV values and/or one or more slots. For example, each ofthe one or more SLIV values or each of the one or more slots maycorrespond to a PDSCH. The DCI may schedule resources for one or morePDSCHs.

The DCI may comprise a first field setting to a first predeterminedvalue. For example, the first field may be a HARQ process ID field. Thefist predetermined value may be all zeros. The DCI may comprise a secondfield setting to a second predetermined value. For example, the secondfield may be one or more RV fields. The second predetermined value maybe all zeros. One or more bits of the one or more RV fields may be setto all zeros.

The wireless device may validate the DCI in response to the first fieldsetting to the first predetermined value and the second field setting tothe second predetermined value. The wireless device may determine theDCI activating the SPS configuration of the serving cell in response toa third DCI field (e.g., a MCS field) not setting to a thirdpredetermined value (e.g., all ones).

The wireless device may determine a first SPS PDSCH reception based onthe DCI and the SPS configuration. For example, the first SPS PDSCH maybe a SPS PDSCH in a first interval/periodicity. The wireless device maydetermine an earliest or a latest time domain resource of the one ormore time domain resources indicated by the DCI as the first SPS PDSCH.

The wireless device may determine one or more periodic SPS PDSCHreceptions based on the first SPS PDSCH reception and a periodicity ofthe SPS configuration.

The wireless device may activate or determine a SPS PDSCHreception/occasion in each periodicity based on the periodicity of theSPS configuration.

In an example, a wireless device may receive an activation DCI, for aSPS configuration, indicating a TDRA entry of a TDRA table. The TDRAentry may comprise a plurality of SLIV values, where each of theplurality of SLIV values may correspond to a slot of a plurality ofslots. The wireless device may determine earliest slot or first SLIVvalue of the plurality of SLIV values. The wireless device may determinethe activation DCI may schedule resources of the earliest slot for asingle SPS PDSCH. The wireless device may ignore resources indicated bythe plurality of SLIV values other than the first SLIV value. Thewireless device may consider the resources not indicated by the DCI inresponse to ignoring. For example, the wireless device may not accountinformation of the plurality of SLIV values other than the first value.The wireless device may determine an activation DCI may schedule asingle SPS PDSCH in each periodicity of the SPS configuration.

In another example, the wireless device may determine latest slot orlast SLIV value of the plurality of SLIV values. The wireless device maydetermine the activation DCI may schedule resources of the latest slotfor a single SPS PDSCH. The wireless device may ignore resourcesindicated by the plurality of SLIV values other than the last SLIVvalue. The wireless device may determine an activation DCI may schedulea single SPS PDSCH in each periodicity of the SPS configuration.

In another example, the wireless device may determine latest slot orlast SLIV value of the plurality of SLIV values. The wireless device maydetermine the activation DCI may schedule resources of the latest slotfor a single SPS PDSCH. The wireless device may ignore resourcesindicated by the plurality of SLIV values other than the last SLIVvalue. The wireless device may determine an activation DCI may schedulea single SPS PDSCH in each periodicity of the SPS configuration.

For example, the wireless device may determine additional resources ineach periodicity based on additional configuration parameters (e.g.,sps-nofSlots, sps-nofsub-slots).

For example, when the wireless device is not configured with theadditional configuration parameters, the wireless device may determine asingle SPS PDSCH in each periodicity. The wireless device may determinea PUCCH resource for the SPS configuration based on the earliest slot ofthe plurality of slots and a PDSCH-to-HARQ_feedback timing indicator(e.g., k1). For example, the wireless device may determine the PUCCHresource occurring after k1 offset from the earliest slot. The wirelessdevice may determine a PUCCH resource for the SPS configuration based ona slot offset (e.g., k0) indicated by the activation DCI and the k1value (e.g., the PDSCH-to-HARQ_feedback timing indicator indicated bythe DCI). For example, the wireless device may determine the PUCCHresource occurring after k0+k1 from a slot when the wireless devicereceives the activation DCI. The wireless device may determine a PUCCHresource based on k0 value, a first/earliest SLIV value of one or moreSLIV values and k1 value indicated by an activation DCI.

The wireless device may determine a PUCCH resource for each periodicitybased on a last slot, indicated by an activation DCI, of eachperiodicity. For example, the wireless device may determine a last slotin each periodicity/interval based on the activation DCI and theperiodicity. The wireless device may determine a PUCCH resource based onthe last slot of each periodicity/interval.

FIG. 27 illustrates an example of a SPS configuration activation basedon a multi-PDSCH DCI as per an aspect of an embodiment of the presentdisclosure.

The base station may transmit one or more RRC configuration (RRCconfiguration (SPS)) indicating a SPS configuration for a cell. The SPSconfiguration may be configured for an active BWP of the cell. The SPSconfiguration may be configured for the cell that may be active for anyBWP of the serving cell.

The one or more RRC configurations may indicate a number of SPSs in aslot (e.g., sps-nofsub-slots) or a number of SPSs in consecutive slots(e.g., sps-nofSlots). When the number of SPSs in the slot or the numberof SPSs in consecutive slots is not configured or is absent, thewireless device may assume that a single SPS PDSCH reception isdetermined in each interval/periodicity based on the SPS configuration.

The wireless device may receive a DCI activating the SPS configurationat a slot n. The DCI my indicate a slot/scheduling offset (k0) for whichthe corresponding PDSCH transmission may be received. The wirelessdevice may determine one or more time domain resources based on theslot/scheduling offset and a time domain resource allocation field inthe DCI. For example, the time domain resource allocation field mayindicate an index=1, which may indicate to use a TDRA entry with anindex=1 of a TDRA table. In FIG. 27, the wireless device may determine afirst SLIV value of {6, 5} for a starting symbol and a length based onthe index=1 TDRA entry. The wireless device may determine a second SLIVvalue of {1, 14}. The wireless device may determine K SLIV values basedon the TDRA entry.

The wireless device may determine K time domain resources based on the KSLIV values and the k0 offset. For example, a first (e.g., an earliest)time domain resource may occur in between symbols [6, 11] in a slot n+m.The wireless device may determine the slot n+m based on the slot offsetand a first slot where the wireless device receive the DCI (e.g., theslot n). The first time domain resource may occur the slot/schedulingoffset after the first slot.

The wireless device may determine a second time domain resourceoccurring in a slot n+m+1 symbol [1-14] based on the second SLIV value.The wireless device may determine a last (e.g., K-th) time domainresource in a slot n+m+K−1 between symbol [4-14].

The SPS configuration is configured (e.g., comprises, includes, pointsto, etc.) with a periodicity (P). The wireless device may determine afirst SPS PDSCH reception based on the DCI. The DCI may indicateresources between [slot n+m, . . . , slot n+k]. The wireless device maydetermine a time domain resource of the resources for the first SPSPDSCH reception.

The wireless device may determine a first SPS PDSCH reception based onthe DCI and one or more configuration parameters. The wireless devicemay determine a SPS PDSCH reception or a SPS PDSCH in eachinterval/period based on the SPS configuration. A SPS PDSCH receptionmay refer to resources scheduled for a SPS PDSCH based on a SPSconfiguration. A SPS PDSCH reception may refer to a scheduledtime/frequency domain resource for a PDSCH comprising a transport blockbased on a SPS configuration. A SPS PDSCH reception may refer to anoccasion or a periodic resource scheduled for a SPS PDSCH. A (SPS) PDSCHreception may to refer a time domain resource (in a slot or in asub-slot) in which a PDSCH transmission may be received/scheduled frome.g., a base station. A SPS PDCH may refer to a PDSCH configured via aSPS configuration. A SPS PDSCH may be a PDSCH scheduled periodically. ASPS PDSCH may be a PDSCH. The first SPS PDSCH reception may refer a SPSPDSCH in first interval/period based on the DCI (e.g., based on theactivated SPS configuration).

The wireless device may determine a first SPS PDSCH reception based onthe earliest time domain resource by the DCI. The wireless device maydetermine a first SPS PDSCH reception (or first SPS PDSCH) based on alatest (or last) time domain resource by the DCI. The wireless devicemay determine a first SPS PDSCH reception (or first SPS PDSCH) based ona latest (or last) time domain resource by the DCI and one or moreconfiguration parameters.

The one or more configuration parameters may comprise a number ofsub-slots (e.g., sps-nofsub-Slots N1) for a SPS configuration. Forexample, the wireless device may determine resources of N1 consecutiveSPS PDSCHs in a slot based on resources for the first SPS PDSCHreception. The slot is when the wireless device is scheduled with thefirst SPS PDSCH reception. For example, a symbol 1-3 may be scheduledfor the first SPS PDSCH reception in a slot n+m in FIG. 27, and N1 is 2,the wireless device may determine symbol 4-6 as a second SPS PDSCHreception. The wireless device may determine the one or more first SPSPDSCH receptions comprise the first SPS PDSCH reception and the secondSPS PDSCH reception.

The one or more configuration parameters may comprise a number of slots(e.g., sps-nofSlots, N2) for a SPS resource. For example, the wirelessdevice may determine resources of N1 SPS PDSCH receptions via N1consecutive slots based on resources for the first SPS PDSCH reception.For example, the wireless device may determine N1 consecutive slotsstarting from a slot when the wireless device is scheduled with thefirst SPS PDSCH reception by the activation DCI. The wireless device maydetermine a same set of time and/or frequency domain resources to thefirst SPS PDSCH reception for one or more following SPS PDSCHsreceptions.

For example, a symbol 1-8 may be scheduled for the first SPS PDSCHreception in a slot n+m in FIG. 27, and N2 is 4, the wireless device maydetermine symbol 1-8 in a slot n+m+1 for a second SPS PDSCH reception,symbol 1-8 in a slot n+m+2 for a third SPS PDSCH reception, symbol 1-8in a slot n+m+3 for a fourth SPS PDSCH reception. The wireless devicemay determine the one or more first SPS PDSCH receptions comprise thefirst SPS PDSCH reception, the second SPS PDSCH reception, the third SPSPDSCH reception and the fourth SPS PDSCH reception. The wireless devicemay determine resources for the one or more SPS PDSCHs based on one ormore SLIV values indicated by the DCI (e.g., activation DCI) and the SPSconfiguration. The wireless device may determine resources for the oneor more SPS PDSCHs based on a first (e.g., earliest) SLIV value or alast (e.g., latest) SLIV value of one or more SLIV values indicated bythe DCI (e.g., activation DCI) and one or more configuration parameters(e.g., sps-nofsub-Slots, sps-nofSlots).

For example, the wireless device may determine the first SPS PDSCHreception in the slot n+m. For example, the wireless device maydetermine the first SPS PDSCH reception in an earliest time domainresource of the one or more second time domain resources. The one ormore time domain resources may comprise the one or more second timedomain resources. The one or more second time domain resources may notoverlap with uplink resource.

The wireless device may determine a first (e.g., an earliest) availabletime domain resource (e.g., downlink and/or flexible resource) as thefirst SPS PDSCH reception.

In an example, the wireless device may assume that resources indicatedby the DCI (e.g., an activation DCI) for the first SPS PDSCH receptionare downlink resources.

The wireless device may determine i-th SPS PDSCH reception in an i-thinterval/periodicity as time domain resource in a slot q+i*P, where aslot q is when the wireless device determines the first SPS PDSCHreception and P is the periodicity. The wireless device may determine,for the i-th SPS PDSCH reception, a same set of symbols in the slotq+i*P as the first SPS PDSCH reception.

For example, in FIG. 27, the wireless device may determine a last timedomain resource for the first SPS PDSCH reception. The wireless devicemay determine the first SPS PDSCH reception in a slot n+m+K−1. Thewireless device may determine a symbol [4-14] as time domain resourcefor the first SPS PDSCH reception. This may reduce ambiguity indetermining a HARQ-ACK/PUCCH resource. Based on example embodiments, thewireless device may determine periodic PUCCH resources for the SPSconfiguration in different interval/periods.

The wireless device may determine a last PDSCH occasion scheduled by theDCI as the first SPS PDSCH reception. The wireless device may determinea PDSCH occasion/resource, used for determining a PUCCH resourcecorresponding to the DCI, as the first SPS PDSCH reception. For example,when a second last time domain resource (e.g., a second last PDSCHoccasion/resource or a second last SLIV value of the one or more SLIVvalues, resources determined based on a penultimate SLIV value of theTDRA entry indicated by the DCI). The wireless device may determine thefirst SPS PDSCH reception based on a resource used for determining aPUCCH resource for a DCI based on multi-PDSCH scheduling.

The wireless device may determine a PUCCH resource for eachinterval/periodicity based on a SPS PDSCH reception in theinterval/periodicity. The wireless device may determine a PUCCH resourcefor the first SPS PDSCH reception based on a last time domain resourceof the one or more time domain resources indicated by the DCI.

For example, when the first SPS PDSCH reception is determined as thefirst SLIV/first time domain resource in FIG. 27, the wireless devicemay determine a PUCCH resource based on the last SLIV/last time domainresource in a slot n+m+K−1. The wireless device may determine a PUCCHresource based on a PDSCH-to-HARQ_feedback timing (e.g., k1) indicatedby the DCI and the last time domain resource. The wireless device maydetermine a slot n+K−1+K1.

FIG. 28 illustrates an example of a PUCCH resource determination for aSPS configuration as per an aspect of an embodiment of the presentdisclosure.

In an example, a wireless device may be configured with a SPSconfiguration with a periodicity P. The wireless device may receive anactivation DCI at a slot n. The activation DCI may indicate aslot/scheduling offset (k0) being as m (e.g., k0=m). The activation DCImay indicate a PDSCH-to-HARQ_feedback timing offset (k1) being as K1(e.g., k1=K1). The activation DCI may indicate a TDRA entry with anindex=1 (e.g., a TDRA entry shown in dotted box is indicated).

The wireless device may determine the activation DCI indicates multipletime domain resources based on the indicated TDRA entry. The wirelessdevice may determine a first SPS PDSCH reception via resourcesdetermined based on first SLIV value or first time domain resource andthe slot/scheduling offset. The first SLIV value may determine resourcesin a slot indicated by the slot/scheduling offset. For example, in FIG.28, a slot n+m may be determined as the slot based on the k0 value andthe slot n.

The wireless device may determine symbols [6, 11] as the first timedomain resource based on the first SLIV value (start symbol=6 and thelength=5). The start value and the length value of the SLIV value may bejointly encoded.

The wireless device may determine the first SPS PDSCH reception in theslot n+m.

The wireless device may determine periodic SPS PDSCH receptions based onthe first SPS PDSCH reception and the periodicity. For example, a secondSPS PDSCH reception of a second interval/period may occur in a slotn+m+P.

The wireless device may determine a PUCCH resource for the first SPSPDSCH based on a last (e.g., latest) time domain resource indicated bythe DCI. For example, the last time domain resource of the TDRA entrymay be determined based on the SLIV #K (e.g., K-th SLIV value, or lastSLIV value). In the example, each SLIV may correspond to a slot, whereeach SLIV may be determined for each slot of a plurality of slotsstarting from the slot n+m. For example, the K-th SLIV may correspond toa slot n+m+K−1.

The wireless device may determine the slot n+m+K−1 as the last timedomain resource. The wireless device may determine symbols [4-14] in theslot n+m+K−1 as the last time domain resource.

The wireless device may determine the PUCCH resource based on the lasttime domain resource. The wireless device may determine the PUCCHresource that occurs K1 slots/sub-slots after the last time domainresource.

For example, a sub-slot may comprise 2 symbols, 4 symbols or 7 symbols.A slot may comprise two or more sub-slots.

The wireless device may determine a slot n+m+K−1+K1 for the PUCCHresource.

The wireless device may determine a k1 offset value(PDSCH-to-HARQ_feedback timing) as K1+a gap.

The K1 may represent a value indicated by a PDSCH-to-HARQ_feedbacktiming indicator field or an offset value configured by a RRC signaling.For example, the offset may indicate a timing offset between a PDSCH toa PUCCH resource. In FIG. 28, the K1 is indicated by the activation DCI.

The gap may represent a number of slots/sub-slots between a firstslot/sub-slot of the first SPS PDSCH and a second slot/sub-slot of thelast time domain resource. For example, in FIG. 28, the fistslot/sub-slot is a slot n+m. The second slot/sub-slot is a slot n+m+K−1.The gap may be K−1. The wireless device may determine thePDSCH-to-HARQ_feedback timing (k1) as K1+K−1.

The wireless device may sum a value indicated by thePDSCH-to-HARQ_feedback timing indicator field by the activation DCI anda gap between the first SPS PDSCH reception and the last time domainresource indicated by the activation DCI. The wireless device maydetermine the PUCCH resource based on the summing.

The wireless device may determine the PUCCH resource in the slotn+m+K1+K−1.

Similarly, for the second SPS PDSCH reception, the wireless device maydetermine a second PUCCH resource for the second SPS PDSCH reception ina second slot after K1+K−1 since the second SPS PDSCH reception. Thewireless device may determine the second PUCCH at a slot n+m+P+K1+K−1.

Example embodiments allow the wireless device to determine a PUCCHresource of a SPS PDSCH reception in an interval/period based on one ormore configured k1 values. The wireless device may determine a PUCCHresource for a multi-PDSCH DCI based on a last PDSCH scheduled by themulti-PDSCH DCI. Example embodiments may allow alignment of PUCCHresources between a SPS configuration and a multi-PDSCH DCI scheduledPDSCH(s). Example embodiments may allow periodic resources of PUCCHresources aligned with periodic SPS PDSCH receptions.

In an example, the wireless device may determine a PUCCH resource basedon a last SPS PDSCH reception of one or more SPS PDSCH receptions in aninterval/period, in response to sps-nofsub-slots or sps-nofslots beinggreater than 1. For example, when the wireless device determines aplurality of SPS PDSCH receptions, of a SPS configuration based on oneor more configuration parameters, in a period/interval, the wirelessdevice may determine a PUCCH resource based on a last (or a latest) SPSPDSCH reception of the plurality of SPS PDSCH receptions.

The wireless device may determine a PUCCH resource based on a last timedomain resource indicated by the activation DCI otherwise. For example,when sps-nofsub-slots or sps-nofslots is not configured, orsps-nofsub-slots or sps-nofslots is configured as 1, the wireless devicemay determine the PUCCH resource based on the last time domain resourceindicated by the activation DCI.

The activation DCI may refer a DCI activating a SPS configuration. Thewireless device may determine a DCI as an activation DCI in response toa first field of the DCI being set to a first predetermined value and asecond field of the DCI being set to a second predetermined value.

A wireless device may receive configuration parameters (e.g., via RRCsignaling) indicating whether a SPS configuration is based on a slot asan unit or a sub-slot as an unit. When the configuration parameters maynot be present, the wireless device may determine a slot is used fordetermining time domain resources (e.g., time domain resource(s) for SPSPDSCH reception, PUCCH resource, periodicity).

When the sub-slot is indicated as a unit, the wireless device maydetermine offset value(s) (e.g., slot/scheduling offset,PDSCH-to-HARQ_feedback timing offset, SPS periodicity) based on thesub-slot.

The wireless device may be configured a unit for each offset valueindependently (e.g., slot/scheduling offset is based on a slot, a PUCCHresource is determined based on a sub-slot).

When a sub-slot is configured/determined/used for determining a PUCCHresource, the wireless device may determine a first sub-slot where areference time domain resource (e.g., a first SPS PDSCH, last timedomain resource) occurs.

The wireless device may determine a PUCCH resource occurring after k1offset value since the first sub-slot.

For example, the first sub-slot may be determined based on a firstsymbol (e.g., earliest symbol) of the first SPS PDSCH reception or thelast time domain resource.

For example, the first sub-slot may be determined based on a last symbol(e.g., latest symbol) of the first SPS PDSCH reception or the last timedomain resource.

For example, the first sub-slot may be determined based on a last symbolof a PDSCH, where the PUCCH resource corresponds to a HARQ-ACK feedbackof the PDSCH.

The wireless device may determine the first sub-slot that is overlappingwith the first symbol or the last symbol of the first SPS PDSCHreception or the last time domain resource or the PDSCH. When a DCI mayschedule multiple PDSCHs for a same PUCCH resource, a last PDSCH of themultiple PDSCHs may be used to determine the first sub-slot.

Similarly for i-th SPS PDSCH reception, the wireless device maydetermine a sub-slot of the i-th SPS PDSCH reception based on a firstsymbol (or a last symbol) of the i-th SPS PDSCH reception. The wirelessdevice may determine a i-th PUCCH resource for the i-th SPS PDSCHreception based on a k1 offset determination and the sub-slot.

In an example, when a wireless device may determine a counter-DAI and/ora total-DAI based on a number of SPS PDSCH receptions in eachperiod/interval or a number of SPS PDSCH receptions of a firstperiod/interval indicated by the DCI and/or RRC configuration parameter.

For example, when the wireless device and the base station may indicatea single SPS PDSCH in each period/interval, the wireless device maydetermine a C-DAI/T-DAI based on 1 PDSCH (e.g., a T-DAI may beincremented by 1, a second C-DAI of a next DCI may be incremented by 1).

For example, when the base station configures a sps-nofsub-slots or asps-nofslots (>1), the wireless device and the base station maydetermine the T-DAI incremented by the sps-nofsub-slots or thesps-nofslots. When a HARQ-ACK bit for the sps-nofusb-slots or thesps-nofslots is produced, the T-DAI may be incremented by 1. The secondC-DAI of the next DCI may be incremented by the sps-nofusb-slots or thesps-nofslots. The wireless device and the base station may determine DAIvalue(s) based on a number of HARQ-ACK bits needed for the one or moreSPS PDSCH receptions activated by the DCI for the first period/interval.

The wireless device and the base station may determine DAI value(s)based on a number of HARQ-ACK bits needed for one or more SPS PDSCHreceptions mapping to a same PUCCH resource based on the SPSconfiguration. More details may be referred to FIG. 32.

In an example, a wireless device may receive an activation DCI, based ona multi-PDSCH scheduling or a multi-PDSCH DCI format, activating a SPSconfiguration.

The wireless device may determine one or more first SPS PDSCH receptionsbased on the activation DCI and the SPS configuration.

The wireless device may determine one or more second SPS PDSCHreceptions based on the one or more first SPS PDSCH receptions and aperiodicity of the SPS configuration.

The wireless device may activate or determine one or more SPS PDSCHreception occasions in each periodicity based on the periodicity of theSPS configuration.

FIG. 29 illustrates an example of a SPS configuration activation basedon a multi-PDSCH DCI as per an aspect of an embodiment of the presentdisclosure.

The base station may transmit one or more RRC configuration (RRCconfiguration (SPS)) indicating a SPS configuration for a cell. The oneor more RRC configurations may indicate a number of SPSs in a slot(e.g., sps-nofsub-slots) or a number of SPSs in consecutive slots (e.g.,sps-nofSlots). The wireless device may receive a DCI activating the SPSconfiguration at a slot n. The DCI my indicate a slot/scheduling offset(k0) for which the corresponding PDSCH transmission may be received. Thewireless device may determine an earliest SPS PDSCH reception (e.g.,first SPS PDSCH) based on the slot offset. For example, if k0 is m, thewireless device may determine the earliest SPS PDSCH reception at a slotn+m based on the DCI and the slot offset.

The SPS configuration is configured (e.g., comprises, includes, pointsto, etc.) with a periodicity (P). The wireless device may determine oneor more first SPS PDSCH receptions based on the DCI. For example, theone or more first SPS PDSCH receptions (first SPS PDSCH receptions inFIG. 29) may be determined based on resource allocations of the DCI. Forexample, the DCI may indicate resources between [slot n+m, . . . , slotn+k].

The wireless device may determine one or more first SPS PDSCH receptionsbased on the DCI and one or more configuration parameters.

The wireless device may determine one or more first SPS PDSCH receptions(or first SPS PDSCHs) based on the earliest SPS PDSCH indicated by theDCI and one or more configuration parameters.

For example, the wireless device may determine the earliest SPS PDSCHreception in the slot n+m. For example, the wireless device may expectan earliest slot indicated by the DCI may not be uplink slot. Thewireless device may assume that resources indicated by the DCI (e.g., anactivation DCI) for the earliest SPS PDSCH reception are downlinkresources. The wireless device may determine a second slot (next slot ofthe earliest slot) is an uplink slot or not valid for a downlink SPSPDSCH reception. The wireless device may skip the slot n+m+1. Thewireless device may map one or more SPS PDSCHs via one or more validslots in sequence based on reception timing. For example, the wirelessdevice may map first SPS PDSCH in the slot n+m, second SPS PDSCH in slotn+m+2 (as slot n+m+1 is skipped), and map s1-th SPS PDSCH in a slot n+k.The wireless device may determine s1 numbers of SPS PDSCHs mapped in afirst periodicity/interval between [slot n+m, slot n+k].

The wireless device may determine one or more second SPS PDSCHreceptions between [slot n+m+P, slot n+k+P]. The wireless device maydetermine an earliest slot of a second periodicity based on the earliestslot of the first periodicity and the periodicity value P. The one ormore second SPS PDSCH receptions may occur after P slots from the one ormore first SPS PDSCH receptions. The wireless device may determine s2number of SPS PDSCH receptions in the second periodicity. The s2 may bedetermined based on one or more valid slots between [slot n+m+P, slotn+k+P].

For example, the wireless device may determine first SPS PDSCH of thesecond periodicity in a slot n+m+P. The wireless device may determinesecond SPS PDSCH Hof the second periodicity in a slot n+m+P+1. Thewireless device may skip a slot n+m+P+2 as the slot n+m+P+2 is an uplinkslot.

The wireless device may skip a slot n+k+P as the slot may be an uplink.

The wireless device may determine a number of one or more SPS PDSCHreceptions in each periodicity based on slot formation information ofone or more slots mapped to each periodicity.

The wireless device may determine a PUCCH resource for each periodicitybased on a last SPS PDSCH of each periodicity. For example, the wirelessdevice may determine one or more slots of each periodicity based on theactivation DCI. The wireless device may determine a last SPS PDSCHreception that is latest PDSCH in each interval/periodicity. Forexample, in the first periodicity, a SPS PDSCH #s1 (s1-th SPS PDSCHreception, s1-th SPS PDSCH) in the first periodicity is last SPS PDSCHof the first periodicity.

For example, in the second periodicity, a SPS PDSCH #s2 (s2-th SPS PDSCHreception) in the second periodicity is last SPS PDSCH of the secondperiodicity. For example, when all slots shown between slot n+m+P+2 toslot n+k+P are uplink slots in FIG. 29, SPS PDSCH #2 in the second SPSPDSCH receptions is the last SPS PDSCH of the second periodicity.

The wireless device may determine a first PUCCH resource for the one ormore first SPS PDSCH receptions/SPS PDSCHs based on the last SPS PDSCHof the first periodicity. The wireless device may determine a secondPUCCH resource for the one or more second SPS PDSCH receptions/SPSPDSCHs based on the last SPS PDSCH of the second periodicity. The secondPUCCH resource may not occur after P from the first PUCCH resource basedon example embodiments. Example embodiments may enable to determine aPUCCH resource occurring with a PDSCH-to-HARQ_feedback timing (k1)offset from a last SPS PDSCH of each interval. Example embodiments maydetermine an earliest PUCCH resource based on the k1 offset.

The wireless device may determine a PUCCH resource for each periodicitybased on a last slot, indicated by an activation DCI, of eachperiodicity. For example, the wireless device may determine a last slotin each periodicity/interval based on the activation DCI and theperiodicity. The wireless device may determine a PUCCH resource based onthe last slot of each periodicity/interval.

For example, a slot n+k is a last slot of the first periodicity. Thewireless device may determine a PUCCH resource in a slot n+k+k1 for thefirst periodicity.

For example, a slot n+k+P is a last slot of the second periodicity. Thewireless device may determine a PUCCH resource in a slot n+k+P+k1 forthe second periodicity.

Each PUCCH resource of each periodicity may occur periodically based onthe periodicity regardless of actual SPS PDSCH(s) in each periodicity.

FIG. 29 illustrates that the wireless device may transmit a PUCCH forthe first SPS PDSCH receptions in a slot n+k+k1 where k1 is indicated bythe activation DCI as a PDSCH-to-HARQ_feedback timing offset.

The wireless device may determine one or more SPS PDSCH receptions/SPSPDSCHs in each periodicity based on slot formation information and/orresource assignment by the activation DCI (e.g., refer to FIG. 23). Thewireless device may determine one or more slots of each periodicitybased on resource assignment of the activation DCI and the periodicityof the SPS configuration. The wireless device may determine one or moreSPS PDSCH receptions in each periodicity based on the one or more slotsof the each periodicity and slot formation information.

For example, the wireless device may skip mapping a SPS PDSCH in a slotwhich may not have downlink/flexible resources in overlapped time domainof a resource allocation in that slot for the SPS PDSCH.

In an example, the wireless device may determine one or more HARQ-ACKbits for the one or more SPS PDSCH receptions in each periodicity. Thewireless device may determine a single PUCCH resource for the one ormore SPS PDSCH receptions based on a last PDSCH or a last slot of theeach periodicity and k1 offset indicated by an activation DCI. Thewireless device may transmit the one or more HARQ-ACK bits via thesingle PUCCH resource.

In an example, a wireless device may receive one or more RRC messagesindicating/comprising configuration parameters. The configurationparameters may indicate a SPS configuration of a cell. The SPSconfiguration may comprise a periodicity. The SPS configuration maycomprise one or more parameters to receive one or more SPS PDSCHs basedon the SPS configuration.

The configuration parameters may indicate a multi-PDSCH DCI schedulingfor the cell. The configuration parameters may indicate one or moresearch spaces with a multi-PDSCH DCI format. The wireless device mayreceive a DCI, based on the multi-PDSCH DCI format, scheduling one ormore PDSCHs for the cell. The one or more PDSCHs may comprise one ormore transport blocks for the cell.

The configuration parameters may indicate the SPS configuration may beactivated with one or more DCIs based on the multi-PDSCH DCI format. Forexample, the configuration parameters may indicate to use a time domainresource allocation table, configured for a multi-PDSCH scheduling ofthe cell, for the SPS configuration.

For example, the configuration parameters may indicate a DCI based onthe multi-PDSCH DCI format may activate or release or schedule resourcesfor retransmission of one or more transport blocks scheduled via the SPSconfiguration.

The wireless device may receive a DCI activating the SPS configuration.The DCI may indicate a slot offset (k0) for a starting SPS PDSCHreception. The DCI may indicate one or more time domain resources (e.g.,slots, SLIV values based on a TypeB PDSCH mapping type, SLIV valuesbased on a TypeA PDSCH mapping type), where each of the one or more timedomain resources corresponds to a PDSCH.

The DCI may schedule one or more PDSCHs via the one or more time domainresources. The DCI may indicate a frequency domain resource. Thefrequency domain resource may be applied to each PDSCH or each slot oreach SLIV time domain resource.

Example embodiments in the specification may be applied for each slot.For example, a slot may be mapped to at most one PDSCH. Exampleembodiments in the specification may be applied for each PDSCH or eachtime domain resource. For example, a slot may be mapped to one or morePDSCHs. Each time domain resource (e.g., SLIV) may indicate a startingsymbol and a length for a PDSCH. Each time domain resource (e.g., SLIV)may indicate a starting symbol, a length for a PDSCH and a repetition.

In an example, a wireless device may determine multiple SPSconfigurations are activated based on an activation DCIcomprising/indicating a plurality of time domain resources. For example,each time domain resource of the plurality of time domain resources maybe activated for a SPS configuration. The wireless device may determinea SPS configuration index based on an index of the SPS configuration,where each of the multiple SPS configurations may have the index of theSPS configuration added by K. For example, K may refer an order of a SPSPDSCH, for a second SPS configuration of the multiple SPSconfigurations, among the plurality of SPS PDSCHs scheduled by theactivation DCI.

For example, in FIG. 29, a first SPS configuration may refer the SPSconfiguration with the index. A second SPS configuration may refer asecond SPS configuration based on a second SPS PDCH reception (e.g., SPSPDSCH #2) with an index incremented by 1 from the index of the SPSconfiguration. A third SPS configuration may refer a third SPSconfiguration based on a third SPS reception (e.g., SPS PDSCH #3) withan index incremented by 2 from the index of the SPS configuration. The Kmay refer an order −1 of a SPS PDSCH for the corresponding SPSconfiguration.

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In an example, a wireless device may determine a HARQ process identifierof a SPS PDSCH reception based on a slot index and/or a symbol indexwhere the SPS PDSCH reception occurs.

For example, the wireless device may determine a HARQ process ID of aSPS PDSCH reception based on HARQ Process ID=[floor(CURRENT_slot×10/(numberOfSlotsPerFrame×periodicity))] modulonrofHARQ-Processes. The current_slot may be determined as[(SFN×numberOfSlotsPerFrame)+slot number in the frame], where forexample SFN indicates system frame number corresponding to resources ofthe SPS PDSCH reception. numberOfSlotsPerFrame may refer a number ofconsecutive slots in a system frame that may be determined based on asubcarrier spacing of a cell where a SPS configuration for the SPS PDSCHreception is configured. For example, the numberOfSlotsPerFrame may be10 for 15 kHz, and 10*2{circumflex over ( )}u for 15*2{circumflex over( )}u subcarrier spacing.

nrofHARQ-Processes may refer a number of HARQ processes configured forthe wireless device for one or more SPS configurations.

A module B (A % B) may refer a remainder of A divided by B.

When an activation DCI and/or RRC configuration (e.g., sps-nofslots) mayactivate a plurality of SPS PDSCH receptions in each interval/period,the wireless device may determine a plurality of HARQ process IDs forthe plurality of SPS PDSCH receptions based on a first HARQ process IDof a first SPS PDSCH reception. For example, the fist SPS PDSCHreception may refer a first/earliest (or a last/latest) SPS PDSCHreception of the plurality of SPS PDSCH receptions.

The wireless device may increment a HARQ process ID for a next SPS PDSCHreception (or a previous SPS PDSCH reception) based on the first AHRQprocess ID of the first SPS PDSCH reception.

For example, the wireless device may determine a first HARQ process IDfor the first SPS PDSCH (e.g., SPS PDSCH #1). The wireless device mayincrement the first HARQ process ID for the SPS PDSCH #2.

The wireless device may increment by 1 for a HARQ process ID in eachtime domain resource indicated by the activation DCI.

The wireless device may increment by 1 for a HARQ process ID in eachvalid SPS PDSCH reception.

The wireless device may increment a HARQ process ID by 1 in every slotbetween an earliest slot and a latest slot of the one or more slotsscheduled by the DCI. The wireless device may continue incrementing HARQprocess IDs across the plurality of SPS PDSCH receptions regardless ofwhether each of the plurality of SPS PDSCH receptions is skipped or not(e.g., valid or invalid, scheduled or not scheduled).

In an example, an activation DCI may indicate a TDRA entry that maydetermine a plurality of time domain resources in a slot. For example,the TDRA entry may comprise, in a first slot, a first SLIV value and asecond SLIV value. The first SLIV value and the second SLIV value may bebased on a PDSCH mapping type B.

FIG. 30 illustrates an example of HARQ process ID determination as peran aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure.

The wireless device may be configured with a TDA table comprising one ormore TDRA entries. A TDRA entry of the one or more TDRA entries maycomprise one or more SLIV values. The base station may transmit one ormore RRC messages indicating configuration parameters. The configurationparameters may indicate a time domain resource allocation unit for eachTDRA entry of the one or more TDRA entries. For example, the time domainresource allocation unit may be a slot or a sub-slot. When the sub-slotis indicated as the time domain resource allocation unit, a size of thesub-slot may be indicated. A unit may be configured a number of symbolsused in each SLIV value.

For example, a sub-slot may be 2 symbols, 4 symbols or 7 symbols. Basedon a size of the sub-slot, the wireless device may determine a number ofsub-slots in a slot (e.g., 7 sub-slots in case of 2 symbols, 3 (or 4)sub-slots in case of 3 symbols, 2 sub-slots in case of 7 symbols). EachSLIV value of the TDRA entry may be applied to each subslotsequentially. For example, the TDRA entry may comprise 2 SLIV values.The wireless device may determine a first time domain resource within afirst sub-slot that is determined based on a slot/scheduling offset. Thefirst time domain resource (e.g., symbols) within the first sub-slot maybe determined based on a first SLIV value of the two SLIV values. Thewireless device may determine a second time domain resource in a secondsub-slot that is a next sub-slot of the first sub-slot. The wirelessdevice may determine the second time domain resource based on a secondSLI value of the two SLIV values.

The wireless device may determine a sub-slot or slot based on a PDSCHmapping associated with a SLIV value. The TDRA entry may comprise a setof {a PDSCH mapping type, a SLIV value}. The wireless device maydetermine a first slot based on a slot/scheduling offset of anactivation DCI. The wireless device may determine a time domain resourcebased on the PDSCH mapping type and the SLIV value. For example, a {aPDSCH mapping type, a SLIV value} may be assumed to be mapped to a slot.A slot may correspond to at most one {a PDSCH mapping type, a SLIVvalue}. For example, the wireless device may map more than one {a PDSCHmapping type, a SLIV value} to a slot.

For example, the TDRA entry may comprise {mapping type B, [1-5]} and{mapping type B, [6-10]} that indicates a first PDSCH and a second PDSCHare scheduled with a PDSCH mapping type B. The first PDSCH may occur insymbol [1-5] (e.g., starting symbol is 1 and a length is 5). The secondPDSCH may occur in symbols [6-10] (e.g., starting symbol is 6 and lengthis 5). The wireless device may determine the first SPS and the secondSPS in a same slot.

The wireless device may determine whether to determine multiple timedomain resources in a slot based on one or more RRC signaling. Forexample, the one or more RRC signaling may comprise a unit used for atime domain resource (e.g., sub-slot). For example, the one or more RRCsignaling may indicate a number of schedulable PDSCHs in a slot (e.g.,greater than 1).

When the wireless device may not support receiving more than one PDSCHof a cell in a slot, the wireless device may determine a time domainresource based on a unit size of a slot. When the one or more RRCsignaling is not available, the wireless device may determine a timedomain resource based on a unit size of a slot.

In FIG. 30, the wireless device may receive an activation DCI (DCI)activating a SPS configuration at a slot n. The activation DCI mayindicate a slot offset (k0=p). The wireless device may determine a firstslot where the wireless device receives a first SPS PDSCH reception as aslot n+p (e.g., k0 offset after the DCI).

The DCI may indicate a TDRA entry that may comprise K SLIV values.

For example, K SLIV values may comprise 1^(st) SLIV value, 2^(st) SLIVvalue, . . . , and K-th SLIV value. The TDRA entry may be indicated witha unit of a sub-slot (e.g., 7 symbols based on NCP, 6 symbols based onECP). The wireless device may determine maximum two PDSCHs of twosub-slots in a slot.

The wireless device may determine a first time domain resource in afirst sub-slot of the slot n+p based on the 1^(st) SLIV value.

The wireless device may determine a second time domain resource in asecond sub-slot of the slot n+p based on 2^(nd) SLIV value.

The wireless device may determine a third/a fourth time domain resourcesin a slot n+p+1 based on 3^(rd)/4^(th) SLIV values.

The wireless device may determine a PDSCH or a SPS PDSCH reception basedon a time domain resource.

The wireless device may determine K SPS PDSCH receptions or PDSCHs basedon the K SLIV values.

The wireless device may determine K SPS PDSCH receptions as first SPSPDSCH receptions in a first interval/period of the SPS configuration.

The wireless device may determine a first HARQ process ID based on thefirst time domain resource of a first SPS PDSCH reception. The first SPSPDSCH receptions comprise the first SPS PDSCH reception. The first SPSPDSCH reception may refer an earliest SPS PDSCH reception among thefirst SPS PDSCH receptions.

The wireless device may determine the first HARQ process ID based on astarting symbol and/or a slot where the first time domain resourceoccurs.

The wireless device may determine a i-th SPS PDSCH reception of thefirst SPS PDSCH receptions as (the first HARQ process ID+(i−1)) modulonrofjARQ-Processes.

For example, as shown in FIG. 30, the wireless device may determine thefirst HARQ process ID as Q. The wireless device may increment by 1 ineach PDSCH such that a HARQ process ID is increased by 1 in a SPS PDSCHreception compared to immediately previous SPS PDSCH reception. Forexample, a PDSCH #4 (4^(th) SPS PDSCH reception) may have a HARQ processID of Q+3.

The wireless device may determine or increment the HARQ process IDregardless of whether a SPS PDSCH reception may be skipped or dropped(e.g., due to conflict with uplink resources, e.g., due to aprioritization among different channels/signals).

The wireless device may determine second SPS PDSCH receptions based onthe first SPS PDSCH receptions and a periodicity of the SPSconfiguration.

The wireless device may determine a second HARQ process ID based on anearliest SPS PDSCH reception of the second SPS PDSCH receptions. Thewireless device may increment by 1 in each SPS PDSCH reception of thesecond SPS PDSCH receptions based on a timing order of resources of theeach SPS PDSCH reception (e.g., from earliest resource to latestresource).

In an example, a wireless device may determine a HARQ process ID of aSPS PDSCH reception based on a time resource of the SPS PDSCH reception.When the SPS PDSCH reception may be scheduled based on a unit of asub-slot, the wireless device may determine the HARQ process ID as HARQProcess ID=[floor(CURRENT_symbol/periodicity)] modulonrofHARQ-Processes. For example, the wireless device may determineCURRENT_symbol as (SFN×numberOfSlotsPerFrame×numberOfSymbolsPerSlot+slotnumber in the frame×numberOfSymbolsPerSlot+symbol number in the slot).For example, numberofSymbolsPerSlot may be 14 based on a normal CP of anumerology of a cell. For example, numberofSymbolsPerSlot may be 12based on an extended CP of a numerology of a cell. The cell may refer aserving cell configured with a SPS configuration for the SPS PDSCHreception.

In an example, a wireless device may be configured with a first servingcell and a second serving cell. The first serving cell may comprise oneor more PUCCH resources. The wireless device may receive one or more RRCmessages indicating configuration parameters. The configurationparameters may comprise/indicate a SPS configuration of the secondserving cell. A first active BWP of the first serving cell may be basedon a first subcarrier spacing (e.g., 15 kHz). A second active BWP of thesecond serving cell may be based on a second subcarrier spacing (e.g.,960 kHz).

The configuration parameters may indicate a periodicity of the SPSconfiguration. For example, the periodicity may be M slots based on thesecond subcarrier spacing. For example, the periodicity may be smallerthan a slot duration of the first serving cell. For example, theperiodicity may be 16 slots. For example, a first slot of the firstactive BWP may overlap with 64 second slots of the second active BWP.Within the first slot, potentially 4 SPS PDSCH periods/intervals of theSPS configuration may occur.

The wireless device may receive an activation DCI activating the SPSconfiguration of the second serving cell. The wireless device maydetermine to activate the SPS configuration in response to receiving theactivation DCI. The activation DCI may indicate a PDSCH-to-HARQ_feedbacktiming offset (e.g., k1) as K1 (e.g., K 1=1).

The wireless device may determine a slot of the first active BWP for aPUCCH resource for the activation DCI. For example, the wireless devicemay determine a first slot of the first active BWP (e.g., an active BWPof a PUCCH cell) that overlaps with a PDSCH of a scheduled cell for aPUCCH resource. The PDSCH may refer a SPS PDSCH reception of the secondcell for the PUCCH resource, where the wireless device may transmit aHARQ-ACK feedback corresponding to the SPS PDSCH reception via the PUCCHresource.

The wireless device may apply the K1 based on the first slot. Thewireless device may determine a next slot of the first active BWP thathas a slot index incremented by 1 from the first slot of the firstactive BWP.

The wireless device may activate a first SPS PDSCH reception based on aslot/scheduling offset (e.g., k0) indicated by the activation DCI. Forexample, the wireless device may determine a slot m as the first SPSPDSCH reception. The wireless device may determine a plurality of SPSPDSCH receptions of a plurality of interval/periods, where each of theplurality of SPS PDSCH receptions may correspond to each interval/periodof the plurality of interval/periods. The plurality of interval/periodsmay comprise first time domain resource/period indicated by theactivation DCI. The plurality of SPS PDSCH receptions may comprise thefirst SPS PDSCH reception indicated by the activation DCI.

In an example, the wireless device may be configured with a sps-nofslotsor a sps-nofsub-slots that may determine a plurality of SPS PDSCHreceptions in a period/interval.

The wireless device may need to determine a plurality of HARQ-ACK bitscorresponding to the plurality of SPS PDSCH receptions. For example, thewireless device may determine a HARQ-ACK bit (or two HARQ-ACK bits iftwo codewords are scheduled per each SPS PDSCH reception) for a SPSPDSCH reception.

In an example, the wireless device may receive the activation DCI. Thewireless device may be able to determine a number of HARQ-ACK bits for aPUCCH resource based on the SPS configuration and the activation DCI.

In an example, the wireless device may miss or fail to receive theactivation DCI. For example, a channel condition may be poor so that thewireless device may fail to decode the activation DCI successfully. Whenthe wireless device misses the activation DCI, the wireless device maynot know whether there is a plurality of SPS PDSCHs scheduled/indicatedby the activation DCI (e.g., based on a short periodicity and/or basedon a number of SPS receptions (e.g., sps-nofsub-slots, sps-nofslots)configured via a RRC signaling.

The wireless device may not know whether the base station activates theSPS configuration.

The wireless device may not be able to determine a number of HARQ-ACKbits corresponding to the activation DCI when the wireless device missesthe activation DCI.

The base station may need to determine a bit size of a HARQ-ACK codebookcomprising HARQ-ACK feedback for the activation DCI based on at leasttwo conditions. For example, one condition may be based on a case thatthe wireless device has successfully received the activation DCI. Thewireless device may generate a number of HARQ-ACK bits (e.g., M) basedon a plurality of SPS PDSCH receptions. Another condition may be basedon a case that the wireless device has not successfully received theactivation DCI. The wireless device may generate a single HARQ-ACK bitcorresponding to the activation DCI.

This may increase complexity at the base station. This may reducereliability of the HARQ-ACK codebook. For example, when the base stationdetermines M as the HARQ-ACK codebook size whereas the wireless devicemay transmits 1 bit, the base station may fail to successfully decodethe HARQ-ACK codebook. With failure of HARQ-ACK codebook decoding, thebase station may need to retransmit all data scheduled/feedbacked viathe HARQ-ACK codebook. This may increase the retransmission overhead andmay reduce reliability and may increase latency in data transmission.

In an example, the base station and the wireless device may determine asingle HARQ-ACK bit corresponding to the activation DCI regardless of anumber of SPS PDSCH receptions activated by the activation DCI.

FIG. 31 illustrates an example of a single HARQ-ACK bit of a pluralityof SPS PDSCH receptions as per an aspect of an embodiment of the presentdisclosure.

The wireless device may be configured with a first cell (cell 0) and asecond cell (cell 1). The wireless device may be configured with PUCCHresources via the first cell. The wireless device may be configured witha SPS configuration via the second cell. The first cell may operate in afirst subcarrier spacing (e.g., 15 kHz, 30 kHz). The second cell mayoperate in a second subcarrier spacing (e.g., 480 kHz, 960 kHz, 120kHz).

The second cell may be configured with a multi-PDSCH scheduling. Thesecond cell may be configured with a single-PDSCH scheduling. The SPSconfiguration may be configured with a sps-nofsub-slots or asps-nofslots for determining a plurality of SPS PDSCH receptions in aperiod/interval. The wireless device may be configured withconfiguration parameters via a RRC signaling (e.g., one or more RRCmessages may indicate the configuration parameters).

The wireless device may receive an activation DCI via the second cell ata first time (T0). The activation DCI may indicate a slot offset (k0)as 1. The activation DCI may indicate a PDSCH-to-HARQ_feedback timing(k1) as 1.

For example, the wireless device may determine a slot of a first SPSPDSCH reception (#1) based on the slot offset (k0) and a first slot whenthe wireless device receives the activation DCI.

The wireless device may determine the slot at a second time (T2) as thefirst SPS PDSCH reception. The activation DCI may schedule one or moretime domain resources based on a multi-PDSCH DCI format. The wirelessdevice may determine a single time domain resource of the one or moretime domain resources for the first SPS PDSCH reception. For example,the wireless device may determine first/earliest time domain resource ofthe one or more time domain resources as resources for the first SPSPDSCH reception. For example, the wireless device may determinelast/latest time domain resource of the one or more time domainresources as resources for the first SPS PDSCH reception.

The wireless device may determine a PUCCH resource in a slot n+1 basedon the slot where the wireless device is scheduled to receive the firstSPS PDSCH or a last time domain resource of the one or more time domainresources and the k1. For example, the wireless device may determine asecond slot of the first cell, where the second slot overlaps with theslot or the last time domain resource. The wireless device may determinea slot n as the second slot of the first cell.

The wireless device may determine a slot n+1 of the first cell as athird slot for the PUCCH resource based on the k1 (e.g., one slot afterthe a slot of the first slot, where the slot overlaps with acorresponding PDSCH for a HARQ-ACK feedback via the PUCCH resource).

The wireless device may determine a second SPS PDSCH reception (#2) in asecond period/interval at a third time (T2) based on a periodicity ofthe SPS configuration.

The wireless device may determine a third SPS PDSCH reception (#3) and afourth SPS PDSCH reception (#4) based on the periodicity and the firstSPS PDSCH reception (e.g., an i-th SPS PDSCH reception occurs at i*Pslots/sub-slots/time units after the first SPS PDSCH reception). A timeunit may be used for a periodicity/k0/k1 offset based on a sub-slot orslot or M slots or K sub-slots or Q symbols or a combination of symbols,sub-slots and/or slots.

The third SPS PDSCH reception and the fourth SPS PDSCH reception mayoccur at T3 and T4 respectively.

The wireless device may determine the PUCCH resource in the slot n+1that may occur in a few last symbols of the slot n+1. The wirelessdevice may determine the PUCCH resource occurring at T5.

The wireless device may determine a second PUCCH resource of the secondSPS PDSCH reception based on the k1 value indicated by the activationDCI. The wireless device may determine a same k1 value is applied forthe second SPS PDSCH reception to determine the second PUCCH resource.The wireless device may determine the slot n overlaps with a third slotof the second SPS PDSCH reception. The wireless device may determine theslot n+1 as the second PUCCH resource based on the k1 value and the slotn. The wireless device may determine the second PUCCH resource beingsame as the PUCCH resource.

Similarly, the wireless device may determine a third PUCCH resource forthe third SPS PDSCH reception occurring at the slot n+1 (e.g., based onthe third SPS PDSCH reception overlapping with the slot n and k1 value).

The wireless device may determine the third PUCCH resource same as thePUCCH resource.

The wireless device may determine that three SPS PDSCH receptions (#1,#2 and #3) are mapping/associated with the PUCCH resource in the slotn+1.

In an example, the wireless device may determine a HARQ-ACK bit for aplurality of SPS PDSCH receptions corresponding to a PUCCH resource. Forexample, the wireless device may determine the HARQ-ACK bit for afirst/earliest SPS PDSCH of the plurality of SPS PDSCH receptions. Forexample, the wireless device may determine the HARQ-ACK bit for alast/latest SPS PDSCH reception of the plurality of SPS PDSCHreceptions. The plurality of SPS PDSCH receptions may comprise thefirst/earliest SPS PDSCH reception activated by the activation DCI. Forexample, resources of the first/earliest SPS PDSCH reception may bedetermined based on a slot/scheduling offset and a first SLIV valueindicated by the activation DCI.

The wireless device may determine the base station transmits a singleSPS PDSCH transmission based on the activation DCI until it receives aHARQ-ACK feedback via the PUCCH resource. The base station may skiptransmission of the plurality of SPS PDSCH receptions except for thefirst/earliest SPS PDSCH reception or the last/latest SPS PDSCHreception until the HARQ-ACK feedback. For example, the base station maytransmit a single SPS PDSCH of the plurality of SPS PDSCH receptions andmay skip remaining SPS PDSCH receptions of the plurality of SPS PDSCHreceptions. In FIG. 31, the base station may transmit a transport blockvia a PDSCH via the first SPS PDSCH reception. The base station may skiptransmission of the second SPS PDSCH reception and the third SPS PSDCHreception.

The base station may transmit a second transport block via the fourthSPS PDSCH reception as a fourth PUCCH resource of the fourth SPS PDSCHreception may be different from the PUCCH resource.

In an example, the base station may transmit data via the second SPSPDSCH reception and the third SPS PDSCH reception. The wireless devicemay determine a single HARQ-ACK bit for a plurality of transport blocksvia the three SPS PDSCH receptions. For example, the wireless device maydetermine a ACK in response to the wireless device receiving datasuccessfully via the three SPS PDSCH receptions. The wireless device maydetermine a NACK otherwise. For example, the wireless device maydetermine a ACK in response to receiving data successfully via at leastone SPS PDSCH reception among the three SPS PDSCH receptions. Thewireless device may determine a NACK otherwise. For example, thewireless device may determine ACK or NACK for the first (or alast/latest) SPS PDSCH of the three SPS PDSCH receptions. The wirelessdevice may ignore remained SPS PDSCH receptions/SPS PDSCHs in generatingHARQ-ACK feedback.

In an example, the base station may activate the SPS activation afterreceiving the HARQ-ACK feedback corresponding to the activation DCI. Forexample, the base station may start transmission of one or more SPSPDSCH receptions after receiving the HARQ-ACK feedback. The wirelessdevice may determine a PUCCH resource for the activation DCI based on alast time domain resource indicated by the activation DCI. For example,when the activation DCI indicates a plurality of time domain resourcesbased on a plurality of SLIV values, the wireless device may determine aPUCCH resource based on the last time domain resource of the pluralityof time domain resources.

The wireless device may determine a HARQ-ACK bit for a plurality oftransport blocks via a plurality of SPS PDSCH receptions, where theplurality of SPS PDSCH receptions may comprise a first (e.g., anactivated) SPS PDSCH reception. The first or the activated SPS PDSCHreception may refer a SPS PDSCH reception that is determined/activatedby the activation DCI. For example, when the wireless device determinesresources based on a first SLIV value and a slot/scheduling offsetindicated by the activation DCI, the activated SPS PDSCH reception maybe determined based on the resources. For example, the first SLIV valuemay be an earliest SLIV value of one or more SLIV values indicated bythe activation DCI. For example, when the wireless device determinesresources, for the first SPS PDSCH, based on a last SLIV value of theplurality of SLIV values, the resources may be referred as the activatedSPS PDSCH reception.

The wireless device may determine the first SPS PDSCH reception or theactivated SPS PDSCH reception that is an earliest SPS PDSCH reception offirst interval/period of the SPS configuration. When there are aplurality of SPS PDSCH receptions in the first period/interval, earliestSPS PDSCH reception may be referred as the first SPS PDSCH reception orthe activated SPS PDSCH reception.

In an example, a base station may configure an additional slot offset(k0_offset) for a SPS configuration. A wireless device may determine atime domain resource of an activated SPS PDSCH in response to receivingan activation DCI based on a slot offset (k0) indicated by theactivation DCI and the additional slot offset (k0_offset). For example,the wireless device may determine the time domain resource may occurk0+k0_offset after a time when the wireless device receives theactivation DCI. This may allow the base station to schedule a first SPSPDSCH reception such that a single SPS PDSCH may be determined based onthe activation DCI (e.g., schedule the activated SPS PDSCH close to aPUCCH resource).

In an example, a base station may indicate a number of HARQ-ACK bitscorresponding to a number of a plurality of SPS PDSCH receptionscomprising an activated SPS PDSCH reception via a counter-DAI and/or atotal-DAI. The plurality of SPS PDSCH receptions may be determined basedon a SPS configuration. An activation DCI of the SPS configuration maycomprise the counter-DAI and/or the total DAI.

For example, the base station may indicate a number of scheduled SPSPDSCH receptions since the activation DCI, where HARQ-ACK feedback(s) ofthe scheduled SPS PDSCH receptions correspond to a PUCCH resource.

FIG. 32 illustrates an example DAI mechanism for a plurality of SPSPDSCH receptions as per an aspect of an embodiment of the presentdisclosure.

FIG. 32 shows a similar scenario to FIG. 31 except a HARQ-ACK codebookgeneration and a counter-DAT/a total-DAI of an activation DCI. The basestation may indicate a number of HARQ-ACK bits corresponding to one ormore SPS PDSCHs activated based on the activation DCI via thecounter-DAI (C-DAI) and/or the total-DAI (T-DAI).

The one or more SPS PDSCHs may comprise an activated SPS PDSCH by theactivation DCI. The one or more SPS PDSCHs may also comprise one or moresecond SPS PDSCH receptions determined based on a SPS configuration. Forexample, the one or more second SPS PDSCH receptions may compriseperiodic resources based on a periodicity of the SPS configuration(e.g., a second SPS PDSCH reception (#2), a third SPS PDSCH reception(#3)), where PUCCH resource(s) of the one or more second SPS PDSCHreceptions are same as a PUCCH resource of the activated SPS PDSCH. Theactivated SPS PDSCH may refer a first SPS PDSCH scheduled by theactivation DCI.

For example, the one or more second SPS PDSCH receptions may compriseconsecutive resources (e.g., in consecutive sub-slots based onsps-nofsub-slots or in slots based on sps-nofslots) based on resourcesof the activated SPS PDSCH. A PUCCH resource of the one or more secondSPS PDSCH receptions and the activated SPS PDSCH may be determined basedon a last SPS PDSCH reception of the one or more second SPS PDSCHreceptions. A PUCCH resource of the one or more second SPS PDSCHreceptions and the activated SPS PDSCH may be determined based on theactivated SPS PDSCH. A PUCCH resource may be determined for each of theone or more SPS PDSCH receptions.

A PUCCH resource of a SPS PDSCH or a PDSCH may be determined based on aPDSCH-to-HARQ_feedback timing indicated by the activation DCI or a RRCsignaling, where the PUCCH resource may occur afterPDSCH-to-HARQ_feedback timing since a reception timing of the SPS PDSCHor the PDSCH or resources of the SPS PDSCH reception.

The activation DCI may comprise the counter-DAI (refer to FIG. 26) thatmay count/represent an accumulative number of scheduled PDSCHs (e.g.,comprising one or more SPS PDSCHs) or a number of HARQ-ACK bits up to acurrent PDCCH monitoring occasion of a serving cell. The current PDCCHmonitoring occasion may refer a search space monitoring occasion wherethe wireless device monitors the activation DCI. The serving cell mayrefer a cell configured with the SPS configuration.

The activation DCI may comprise the total DAI. The total DAI maycount/represent (refer to FIG. 26) a total number of scheduled PDSCHs ora number of HARQ-ACK bits up to the current PDCCH monitoring occasion ofany serving cell. The total-DAI may count a number of HARQ-ACK bits or anumber of scheduled PDSCHs of the current PDCCH monitoring occasion forthe serving cell. The counter-DAI may not count the number of HARQ-ACKbits or the number of scheduled PDSCHs of the current PDCCH monitoringoccasion for the serving cell. The number of HARQ-ACK bits or the numberof scheduled PDSCHs may indicate how many SPS PDSCH receptions have beenscheduled via the current PDCCH monitoring occasion of the cell.

For example, the base station may schedule K SPS PDSCH receptions basedon the activation DCI. For the SPS configuration, the base station andthe wireless device determine K based on one or more SPS PDSCHreceptions corresponding to a same PUCCH resource to the activated SPSPDSCH.

FIG. 32 shows K is 3.

The C-DAI may determine a starting bit index of a HARQ-ACK codebook viathe PUCCH resource. The starting bit index may be used for K SPS PDSCHreceptions based on the activation DCI. The T-DAI may determine anending bit index of the HARQ-ACK codebook for the K SPS PDSCHreceptions.

In an example, the wireless device may determine a number of HARQ-ACKbits corresponding to the activation DCI based on a next DCI. When thewireless device is configured with a second PDCCH monitoring occasionvia a second cell, where the second PDCCH monitoring occasion overlapswith the current PDCCH monitoring occasion of the cell, a second DCI viathe second PDCCH monitoring occasion may comprise a second C-DAI and asecond T-DAI.

The second C-DAI may indicate K as an accumulative number up to thesecond PDCCH monitoring occasion (but not including the second PDCCHmonitoring occasion). The second T-DAI may indicate K+M and the T-DAI ofthe activation DCI may indicate K+M. For example, M is a number of PDSCHscheduled via the second DCI. The T-DAI of the activation DCI may beequal to the second T-DAI of the second DCI as the PDCCH monitoringoccasion and the second PDCCH monitoring occasion overlap (or startingsymbol of both monitoring occasions overlap).

Based on the C-DAI/T-DAI, the wireless device may determine a number ofHARQ-ACK bits for the activation DCI. The wireless device may determinethree HARQ-ACK bits for the three SPS PDSCHs. The wireless device mayplace a first HARQ-ACK bit for the activated SPS PDSCH (#1) first, asecond HARQ-ACK bit for the second SPS PDSCH (#2) second, and a thirdHARQ-ACK bit for the third SPS PDSCH (#3) last. The wireless device maygenerate the number of HARQ-ACK bis for the three SPS PDSCHs. Thewireless device may determine first HARQ-ACK sub-codebook for theHARQ-ACK bits. For example, the first HARQ-ACK sub-codebook may be usedfor one or more HARQ-ACK bits for transport blocks via PDSCHs based onnon-CBG transmission (e.g., TB-based transmission). The wireless devicemay generate a HARQ-ACK codebook comprising the first HARQ-ACKsub-codebook. The wireless device may transmit the HARQ-ACK codebookcomprising the HARQ-ACK bits via the PUCCH resource. In an example, thewireless device may determine second HARQ-ACK sub-codebook for theHARQ-ACK bits. The second HARQ-ACK sub-codebook may be used for amulti-PDSCH scheduling. The wireless device may determine the HARQ-ACKcodebook comprising the second HARQ-ACK sub-codebook.

One or more examples shown in FIG. 24-25 in generating HARQ-ACKbits/bitmap may be used for generating/determining HARQ-ACK bits of oneor more SPS PDSCH receptions.

In an example, a C-DAI may represent an accumulative number of scheduledPDSCHs or a number of HARQ-ACK bits, other than a current DCI, up to acurrent PDCCH monitoring occasion of a serving cell. The C-DAI may notcount a number of scheduled PDSCHs/a number of HARQ-ACK bits by thecurrent DCI via the current PDCCH monitoring occasion of the servingcell. The current DCI may refer a DCI scheduled via the current PDCCHmonitoring occasion of the serving cell. C-DAI of the activation DCIbased on the example may be 0.

In an example, a T-DAI may represent an accumulative/total number ofscheduled PDSCHs or a number of HARQ-ACK bits, with one or more currentDCIs, up to a current PDCCH monitoring occasion across one or moreserving cells. The C-DAI may count a number of scheduled PDSCHs/a numberof HARQ-ACK bits by the one or more current DCIs via the current PDCCHmonitoring occasions of the one or more serving cells. The one or morecurrent DCIs may refer one or more DCIs scheduled via the one or morecurrent PDCCH monitoring occasion across the one or more serving cells.T-DAI of the activation DCI based on the example may be 2.

In an example, a C-DAI may represent an accumulative number of scheduledPDSCHs or a number of HARQ-ACK bits, with a current DCI, up to a currentPDCCH monitoring occasion of a serving cell. The C-DAI may count anumber of scheduled PDSCHs/a number of HARQ-ACK bits by a DCI via thecurrent PDCCH monitoring occasion of the serving cell. C-DAI of theactivation DCI based on the example may be 2.

In an example, a T-DAI may represent an accumulative/total number ofscheduled PDSCHs or a number of HARQ-ACK bits, other than one or morecurrent DCIs, up to a current PDCCH monitoring occasion across one ormore serving cells. The C-DAI may not count a number of scheduledPDSCHs/a number of HARQ-ACK bits by the one or more current DCIs via thecurrent PDCCH monitoring occasions of the one or more serving cells. Theone or more current DCIs may refer one or more DCIs scheduled via theone or more current PDCCH monitoring occasion across the one or moreserving cells. T-DAI of the activation DCI based on the example may be0.

A combination of examples of a C-DAI and a T-DAI may be considered.

Example embodiments may reduce ambiguity in determining a HARQ-ACKcodebook size. The wireless device may determine a number of HARQ-ACKbits based on C-DAI/T-DAI of one or more DCIs mapping to the PUCCHresource.

In an example, a semi-persistent CSI feedback may be configured via RRCsignaling. A DCI may activate the semi-persistent CSI feedback (e.g.,SP-CSI report) via PUSCHs or PUCCHs. Example embodiments may beapplicable to determine a single PUSCH or a single PUCCH for eachperiod/interval of the SP-CSI feedback. Example embodiments may beapplicable to determine multiple PUSCHs or multiple PUCCHs in eachperiod/interval of the SP-CSI feedback. When multiple PUSCHs or PUCCHsare determined for each interval/period, a UCI of a CSI feedback may berepeated over the multiple PUSCHs or the multiple PUCCHs. Alternatively,multiple CSI RS configurations may be configured via RRC signaling,where each of the multiple CSI RS configurations may correspond to eachof the multiple PUSCHs or multiple PUCCHs.

FIG. 33 illustrates a flow diagram of an example embodiment as per anaspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure. A wireless device mayreceive configuration parameters indicating a SPS configuration for acell. The SPS configuration may comprise a periodicity to determineperiodic resources based on the SPS configuration. The wireless devicemay receive a DCI indicating an activation of the SPS configuration. TheDCI may be referred as an activation DCI. The DCI may indicate a timedomain resource for a SPS PDSCH. The SPS PDSCH may be referred as anactivated SPS PDSCH reception or an activated SPS PDSCH. The SPS PDSCHmay be first SPS PDSCH reception/occasion activated for the SPSconfiguration, based on the DCI. The time resource may indicate a timedomain resource for the SPS PDSCH. The DCI may indicate an offset todetermine a PUCCH resource. The wireless device may transmit a HARQ-ACKfeedback for the SPS PDSCH via the PUCCH resource. The DCI mayindicate/comprise a total DAI value/field. The total DAI may be used todetermine a number of HARQ-ACK bits corresponding to the DCI.

The wireless device may determine a plurality of SPS PDSCHs based on theperiodicity and resources of the SPS PDSCH. The plurality of SPS PDSCHsmay comprise the SPS PDSCH. The plurality of SPS PDSCHs may comprise oneor more second SPS PDSCH receptions/SPS PDSCHs. The one or more secondSPS PDSCH receptions may occur a multiple of the periodicity since theSPS PDSCH. The one or more second SPS PDSCH receptions may be periodicresources determined based on the SPS configuration.

The wireless device may determine one or more second PUCCH resources forthe one or more second SPS PDSCH receptions. Each of the one or moresecond PUCCH resources may correspond to each of the one or more secondSPS PDSCH receptions. Each of the one or more second PUCCH resources maybe same as the PUCCH resource.

Feedback timing of the plurality of SPS PDSCHs may correspond to thePUCCH resource.

The wireless device may generate one or more HARQ feedback bits of theplurality of SPS PDSCHs based on the total DAI. The wireless device maydetermine an order of a HARQ feedback bit for each of the plurality ofSPS PDSCHs based on a reception timing or a time domain resource. Thewireless device may generate a HARQ-ACK codebook and/or a HARQ-ACKsub-codebook based on the one or more HARQ-ACK bits. The wireless devicemay transmit the HARQ-ACK codebook and/or the HARQ-ACK sub-codebook viathe PUCCH resource.

In an example, a wireless device may receive configuration parametersvia RRC signalling. The configuration parameters may indicate one ormore physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resources and a periodicityof a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configuration. The wireless devicemay receive a DCI. The DCI may indicate to activate the SPSconfiguration. The DCI may indicate resources for a SPS PDSCH reception.The DCI may indicate an offset to a PUCCH resource. The DCI may indicatea total downlink assignment index (T-DAI). The wireless device mayactivate the SPS configuration based on the DCI. The wireless device maydetermine a plurality of SPS PDSCH receptions based on the SPSconfiguration. The plurality of SPS PDSCH receptions may comprise theSPS PDSCH reception. Feedback resource of the plurality of SPS PDSCHreceptions may be the PUCCH resource. The wireless device may generateone or more hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback bitscorresponding to the plurality of SPS PDSCH receptions. The wirelessdevice may determine a number of the one or more HARQ feedback bitsbased on the total DAI. The wireless device may transmit the one or moreHARQ feedback bits via the PUCCH resource.

In an example embodiment, the wireless device may determine the PUCCHresource based on the offset and the resources for the SPS PDSCHreception. For example, the PUCCH resource may occur after the offsetfrom the resources.

In an example embodiment, the one or more PUCCH resources may beconfigured for a first cell operating a first subcarrier spacing.

In an example embodiment, the SPS configuration may be for a second celloperating with a second subcarrier spacing that is larger than the firstsubcarrier spacing.

In an example embodiment, the periodicity of the SPS configuration maybe smaller than a slot duration of the first cell.

In an example embodiment, the periodicity may be P slots based on thesecond subcarrier spacing.

In an example embodiment, the plurality of SPS PDSCH receptions maycomprise one or more second SPS PDSCH receptions that occur one or moretimes of the periodicity since the SPS PDSCH reception.

In an example embodiment, the wireless device may determine a secondPUCCH resource of a second SPS PDSCH reception of the one or more secondSPS PDSCH receptions based on the offset and second resources of thesecond SPS PDSCH reception.

In an example embodiment, the second PUCCH resource may be same as thePUCCH resource.

In an example embodiment, the feedback resource of the plurality of SPSPDSCH receptions may be the PUCCH resource in response to the secondPUCCH resource being same as the PUCCH resource.

In an example embodiment, the wireless device may determine the PUCCHresource based on a first slot, of the first cell, overlapping with asecond slot, of the second cell, comprising the resources of the SPSPDSCH reception.

In an example embodiment, the PUCCH resource may occur after the offsetfrom the first slot.

In an example embodiment, the DCI may comprise a total DAI fieldindicating the total DAI.

The method of claim 13, wherein the total DAI counts a number of theplurality of SPS PDSCH receptions.

In an example embodiment, the DCI may indicate a counter DAI.

In an example embodiment, the counter DAI may not count a number ofplurality of SPS PDSCH receptions.

In an example embodiment, the wireless device may determine the numberof HARQ feedback bits based on the total DAI, wherein the number of HARQfeedback bits is the total DAI.

In an example embodiment, the number of HARQ feedback bits may bedetermined by the total DAI subtracted by a second total DAI of aprevious DCI.

In an example embodiment, the previous DCI may be transmittedimmediately before the DCI by the base station, where a HARQ feedbackresource for the previous DCI corresponds to the PUCCH resource.

In an example embodiment, the number of HARQ feedback bits may bedetermined based on the total DCI that is subtracted from a third DAI ofa next DCI.

In an example embodiment, the next DCI may be transmitted immediatelyafter the DCI by the base station, where a HARQ feedback resource forthe next DCI corresponds to the PUCCH resource.

In an example, a base station may transmit configuration parameters to awireless device. The configuration parameters may indicate one or morephysical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resources and a periodicity of asemi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configuration. The base station maydetermine information for an activation DCI of the SPS configuration.For example, the information may comprise resources for a SPS physicaldownlink shared channel (PDSCH) reception, an offset to a PUCCHresource, and a total downlink assignment index (DAI). The base stationmay determine the total DAI based on a plurality of SPS PDSCHscomprising the SPS PDSCH. For example, a feedback resource of theplurality of SPS PDSCHs may correspond to /be the PUCCH resource. Thebase station may transmit the activation DCI to the wireless device. Thebase station may receive one or more hybrid automat repeat request(HARQ) feedback bits corresponding to the plurality of SPS PDSCHreceptions based on the total DAI.

In an example embodiment, the base station may determine the PUCCHresource based on the offset and the resources for the SPS PDSCHreception. For example, the PUCCH resource may occur after the offsetfrom the resources.

In an example embodiment, the one or more PUCCH resources may beconfigured for a first cell operating a first subcarrier spacing.

In an example embodiment, the SPS configuration may be for a second celloperating with a second subcarrier spacing that is larger than the firstsubcarrier spacing.

In an example embodiment, the periodicity of the SPS configuration maybe smaller than a slot duration of the first cell.

In an example embodiment, the periodicity may be P slots based on thesecond subcarrier spacing.

In an example embodiment, the plurality of SPS PDSCH receptions maycomprise one or more second SPS PDSCH receptions that occur one or moretimes of the periodicity since the SPS PDSCH reception.

In an example embodiment, the base station may determine a second PUCCHresource of a second SPS PDSCH reception of the one or more second SPSPDSCH receptions based on the offset and second resources of the secondSPS PDSCH reception.

In an example embodiment, the second PUCCH resource may be same as thePUCCH resource.

In an example embodiment, the feedback resource of the plurality of SPSPDSCH receptions may be the PUCCH resource in response to the secondPUCCH resource being same as the PUCCH resource.

In an example embodiment, the base station may determine the PUCCHresource based on a first slot, of the first cell, overlapping with asecond slot, of the second cell, comprising the resources of the SPSPDSCH reception.

In an example embodiment, the PUCCH resource may occur after the offsetfrom the first slot.

In an example embodiment, the DCI may comprise a total DAI fieldindicating the total DAI.

In an example embodiment, wherein the total DAI counts a number of theplurality of SPS PDSCH receptions.

In an example embodiment, the DCI may indicate a counter DAI.

In an example embodiment, the counter DAI may not count a number ofplurality of SPS PDSCH receptions.

In an example embodiment, the base station may determine the number ofHARQ feedback bits based on the total DAI, wherein the number of HARQfeedback bits is the total DAI.

In an example embodiment, the number of HARQ feedback bits may bedetermined by the total DAI subtracted by a second total DAI of aprevious DCI.

In an example embodiment, the previous DCI may be scheduled immediatelybefore the DCI, where a HARQ feedback resource for the previous DCIcorresponds to the PUCCH resource.

In an example embodiment, the number of HARQ feedback bits may bedetermined based on the total DCI that is subtracted from a third DAI ofa next DCI.

In an example embodiment, the next DCI may be scheduled immediatelyafter the DCI, where a HARQ feedback resource for the next DCIcorresponds to the PUCCH resource.

In an example, a wireless device may receive configuration parametersfor a cell. The configuration parameters may comprise/indicate amulti-physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) scheduling. For example,a single downlink control information (DCI) may schedule resources forone or more transport blocks via one or more PDSCHs. The configurationparameters may comprise/indicate a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS)configuration with a periodicity. The wireless device may receive a DCIbased on the multi-PDSCH scheduling. The DCI may indicate activating theSPS configuration. The DCI may indicate a plurality of time domainresource allocations across a plurality of slots. The DCI may indicatean offset to a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource. Thewireless device may determine periodic resources based on last timedomain resource, of a last slot of the plurality of slots, of theplurality of time domain resource allocations. The wireless device maydetermine a PUCCH resource based on the offset and the last time domainresource. The wireless device may receive data via one of the periodicresources. The wireless device may transmit the hybrid-automatic repeatrequest (HARQ) feedback via the PUCCH resource.

In an example, a wireless device may receive configuration parametersfor a cell. The configuration parameters may indicate a multi-physicaldownlink shared channel (PDSCH) scheduling. For example, with themulti-PDSCH scheduling, a single downlink control information (DCI) mayschedule resources for one or more transport blocks via one or morePDSCHs. The configuration parameters may indicate a semi-persistentscheduling (SPS) configuration with a periodicity. The wireless devicemay receive a DCI based on the multi-PDSCH scheduling. The DCI mayindicate activating the SPS configuration. The DCI may indicate one ormore time domain resources for one or more SPS PDSCHs. For example,each, of the one or more time domain resources may correspond to each ofthe one or more SPS PDSCHs. The wireless device may determine a hybridautomat repeat request (HARQ) process identifier based on first timedomain resource of the one or more time domain resources for first SPSPDSCH of the one or more SPS PDSCHs. The wireless device may determineone or more HARQ process identifiers for the one or more SPS PDSCHs,other than the first SPS PDCH, based on the HARQ process identifier ofthe first SPS PDSCH. The wireless device may receive one or moretransport blocks via the one or more SPS PDSCHs based on the one or moreHARQ process identifiers and the HARQ process identifier. The wirelessdevice may transmit one or more feedback corresponding to the one ormore transport blocks via a feedback resource.

FIG. 34 illustrates an example of embodiment for a HARQ process ID for amulti-PDSCH/multi-PUSCH scheduling as per an aspect of an embodiment ofthe present disclosure.

For example, a DCI, of a multi-PDSCH scheduling, may schedule aplurality of PDSCHs over a plurality of slots. For example, the DCI mayindicate a HARQ process ID=Q. The DCI may indicate a set of NDIfields/bits where each field/bit of the set of NDI fields/bitscorresponds to a PDSCH of the plurality of PDSCHs or a slot of theplurality of slots. The DCI may indicate a set of RV fields/bits whereeach field/bits of the set of RV fields/bits corresponds to the PDSCH orthe slot. For example, 2^(nd) bit of a NDI bitmap or a set of NDIfields/bits indicate a NDI value for a second PDSCH (e.g., PDSCH #2) ora second slot (e.g., slot n+p+1). For example, 2^(nd) two bits of a RVbitmap or a set of RV fields/bits may correspond to the second PDSCH orthe second slot (e.g., NDI=0, RV=3).

For example, 3^(rd) NDI bit of the NDI bitmap and 3^(rd) two bits of RVbits of the RV bitmap may correspond to a third PDSCH (PDSCH #3) or athird slot (slot n+p+2). The k-th NDI bit of the NDI bitmap and k-th twobits of the RV bits of the RV bitmap may correspond to a K-th PDSCH(PDSCH #K) or k-th slot (slot n+p+K).

The DCI may indicate a first slot (slot n+p) for a first or an earliestPDSCH (e.g., PDSCH #1). The wireless device may map each PDSCH of theplurality of PDSCHs across one or more slots scheduled via a time domainresource allocation field by the DCI. For example, the time domainresource allocation field may comprise K SLIV values where each of the KSLIV values corresponds to each slot between [slot n+p, . . . , slotn+p+K]. For example, the K SLIV values may correspond to each downlinkslot or each valid slot between slot [n+p, . . . , slot M] (e.g.,M>=n+p+K). The wireless device may determine a slot is a valid slot or adownlink slot based on slot formation indication via RRC and/or DCIsignaling. For example, the RRC signaling may compriseTDD-UL-DL-ConfigCommon indicating semi-static downlink and/or uplinkresources within one or more periodicities. The RRC signaling maycomprise TDD-UL-DL-Config (e.g., a UE-specific signaling) indicatingsemi-static downlink and/or uplink resources for flexible resourcesindicated by the TDD-DL-UL-ConfigCommon.

The wireless device may determine a slot is a valid slot in response tosymbol(s) indicated by a SLIV corresponding to the slot are configuredwith downlink resource and/or flexible resources by the RRC signaling.The wireless device may determine the slot is valid slot in response tothe symbol(s) are indicated with downlink by RRC signaling and/or SFIDCI signaling.

In FIG. 34, the wireless device may determine slot n+p+3 are uplinkslot. The wireless device may skip the slot n+p+3 from resourceallocation by the DCI. The wireless device may determine a fourth PDSCH(PDSCH #4) in a slot n+p+4 by skipping the uplink slot or invalid slot.

For example, 4^(th) NDI bit of the NDI bitmap and 4^(th) two RV bits ofthe RV bitmap may correspond to a fourth PDSCH (PDSCH #4) in the slotn+p+4. The wireless device may skip the slot n+p+3 as the slot is anuplink slot or invalid slot.

The wireless device may determine a NDI bit is set to a firstpredetermined value and a RV bits are set to a second predeterminedvalue for a PDSCH. In response to the determining, the wireless devicemay determine that the PDSCH is skipped.

For example, in FIG. 34, the wireless device may determine 2^(nd) NDIbit being set to the first predetermined value (e.g., 0, or toggled ornon-toggled) and 2^(nd) two RV bits being set to the secondpredetermined value (e.g., 3, 2 or 1). The wireless device may determinethat the second PDSCH or the second slot is skipped.

The wireless device may increment a HARQ process ID of each PDSCH by 1in each slot allocated by the time domain resource allocation field ofthe DCI. The wireless device may determine a HARQ process ID of thefirst PDSCH (PDSCH #1) or the first slot as Q based on the DCI.

The wireless device may determine a HARQ process ID of the second PDSCH(PDSCH #2) or the second slot (slot n+p+1) as Q+1 even if the secondPDSCH has been skipped. The wireless device may determine a HARQ processID of the second slot as Q+1.

The wireless device may determine a HARQ process ID of the third PDSCH(PDSCH #3) or the third slot (slot n+p+2) as Q+2. The wireless devicemay skip incrementing the HARQ process ID for an invalid slot or uplinkslot (e.g., skip slot n+p+3). The wireless device may determine a HARQprocess ID of the fourth PDSCH (PDSCH #4) or the fifth slot (slot n+p+4)as Q+3 based on the fifth slot being fourth slot since the first slotbased on the time domain resource allocation field of the DCI.

The wireless device may increment the HARQ process ID per each validslot or for each allocated slot by the time domain allocation table bythe DCI.

In an example, the wireless device may determine a slot is skipped or aPDSCH is skipped based on a SLIV value corresponding to the slot or thePDSCH. For example, if the SLIV value may indicate 0 duration or areserved value, the wireless device may determine that the slot isskipped or the PDSCH is skipped.

In an example, a wireless device may have/support one or morecapabilities (e.g., UE radio access capability parameters, radio accesscapability parameters, UE capabilities, wireless device capabilities).The wireless device may support a capability in response to the wirelessdevice supporting a functionality indicated by the capability. Thewireless device may have a capability where the base station configuresa related functionality to the wireless device. For example, acapability of one or more capabilities may indicate whether the wirelessdevice supports a carrier aggregation. Another capability may indicate anumber of blind decodings and/or a number of non-overlapped CCEs in aslot. Another capability may indicate a number of antennas or a numberof layers that the wireless device supports for a band and/or bandcombination. A capability may correspond to a functionality. One or morecapabilities may correspond to a functionality.

The wireless device may indicate the one or more capabilities to a basestation. The wireless device may support one or more second capabilitiesthat are mandated by the wireless device to support. The wireless devicemay not indicate the one or more second capabilities. The base stationmay, based on the one or more capabilities and the one or more secondcapabilities, configure one or more configuration parameters (e.g., tosupport one or more functionalities) to the wireless device. Thewireless device may support different functionalities between FDD andTDD, and/or between frequency range 1 (FR1) and frequency range 2 (FR2).

In an example, a wireless device may support one or more common searchspace (CSS) sets or one or more CSSs. For example, a Type0-PDCCH CSS setmay be configured by pdcch-ConfigSIB1 in MIB or by searchSpaceSIB1 inPDCCH-ConfigCommon or by searchSpaceZero in PDCCH-ConfigCommon. Thewireless device may monitor a DCI format with CRC scrambled by aSI-RNTI, via the Type0-PDCCH CSS (set) on a primary cell of the mastercell group (MCG). For example, a Type0A-PDCCH CSS set may be configuredby searchSpaceOtherSystemInformation in PDCCH-ConfigCommon. The wirelessdevice may monitor a DCI format, via the Type0A-PDCCH CSS (set), withCRC scrambled by a SI-RNTI on the primary cell of the MCG. For example,a Type1-PDCCH CSS set may be configured by ra-SearchSpace inPDCCH-ConfgCommon. The wireless device may monitor a DCI format with CRCscrambled by a RA-RNTI, a MsgB-RNTI, or a TC-RNTI on the primary cell.

For example, a Type2-PDCCH CSS set may be configured bypagingSearchSpace in PDCCH-ConfigCommon. The wireless device may monitora DCI format with CRC scrambled by a P-RNTI on the primary cell of theMCG. For example, a Type3-PDCCH CSS set may be configured by SearchSpacein PDCCH-Config with searchSpaceType=common. The wireless device maymonitor DCI formats with CRC scrambled by INT-RNTI, SFI-RNTI,TPC-PUSCH-RNTI, TPC-PUCCH-RNTI, TPC-SRS-RNTI, or CI-RNTI and, only forthe primary cell, C-RNTI, MCS-C-RNTI, CS-RNTI(s), or PS-RNTI. Forexample, a USS set may be configured by SearchSpace in PDCCH-Config withsearchSpaceType=ue-Specific. The wireless device may monitor DCI formatswith CRC scrambled by C-RNTI, MCS-C-RNTI, SP-CSI-RNTI, CS-RNTI(s),SL-RNTI, SL-CS-RNTI, or SL Semi-Persistent Scheduling V-RNTI.

In an example, a wireless device may support one or more basicfunctionalities for a downlink control channel and procedure. Forexample, a capability (e.g., radio access capability) of the wirelessdevice supporting the downlink control channel and the procedure may bereferred as “Basic DL control channel”. The one or more basicfunctionalities for the downlink control channel and procedure maycomprise the followings. First, the wireless device may support oneconfigured coreset for a BWP for a cell where the one configured coresetmay be different from a coreset with index 0 (e.g., coreset #0). Thewireless device may support at least two coresets (e.g., a coreset withindex being different from zero (e.g., non coreset #0) and a coreset#0). The wireless device may support a resource allocation for a coresetbased on a bitmap, where each bit of the bitmap corresponds tocontiguous P PRBs (e.g., P=6) in frequency domain. The resourceallocation may comprise a time domain resource allocation of a durationof Q1 to Q3 symbols (e.g., Q1=1, Q3=3) for a first frequency range(e.g., a frequency below 6 GHz or below 7 GHz).

The wireless device may support Type1-PDCCH CSS set (e.g., a CSS wherethe wireless device monitors DCIs for receiving random accessresponses), where Type1-PDCCH CSS set may be configured via SIBmessage(s) or MIB message(s). For Type1-PDCCH CSS set configured basedon non-wireless device specific RRC parameters, Type0-PDCCH CSS set(e.g., a CSS where the wireless device monitors DCIs for receiving SIB1messages), Type0A-PDCCH CSS set (e.g., a CSS where the wireless devicemonitors DCIs for receiving SIB messages other than SIB1), and/orType2-PDCCH CSS set (e.g., a CSS where the wireless device monitors DCIsfor receiving paging messages/short messages), the wireless device maysupport up to Q3 symbols for a coreset (e.g., Q3=3) in a secondfrequency range (e.g., FR2).

For a Type1-PDCCH CSS set configured via a wireless device specific RRCsignaling and/or for a type3-PDCCH CSS set (e.g., a CSS where thewireless device monitors group-common DCIs) and/or for one or more USS,the wireless device may support up to Q2 symbols for a coreset (e.g.,Q2=2) for the second frequency range.

The wireless device may support a bundle size, of resource elementgroups (REGs) for a control channel elements (CCEs) of a coreset, of 2or 3 RBs or 6 RBs. The wireless device may support interleaved ornon-interleaved CCE-to-REG mapping. The wireless device may supportprecoder granularity of a REG bundle size. The wireless device maysupport a determination of a DM-RS scrambling sequence. The wirelessdevice may support one or more TCI states for a coreset. The wirelessdevice may support at least one CSS and at least one USS configurationsfor a unicast PDCCH transmission for a BWP of a cell. The wirelessdevice may support aggregation levels, of 1, 2, 4, 8 and 16, for aPDCCH. The wireless device may support up to K (e.g., K=3) search spacesets for a BWP of a secondary cell. The wireless device may support thata type1-PDCCH CSS set configured via a wireless device specific RRCsignaling, a type3-PDCCH CSS set, and/or one or more USSs scheduled viafirst Q1-Q3 symbols (e.g., Q1=1 and Q3=3) of a slot (e.g., OFDM symbol0, 1, and 2).

For Type1-PDCCH CSS set without a wireless device specific RRC signalingand for a Type0-PDCCH CSS/Type0A-PDCCH CSS/Type2-PDCCH CSS, a monitoringoccasion may be in any symbol(s) of a slot. A Type1-PDCCH CSS without awireless device specific RRC signaling and for a Type0-PDCCHCSS/Type0A-PDCCH CSS/Type2-PDCCH CSS within a single span may beconfined within Q3 (e.g., Q3=3) consecutive symbols of a slot. A spanmay comprise one or more consecutive symbols where one or moremonitoring occasions of one or more search spaces may be present.

The wireless device may support monitoring DCIs based on one or more DCIformats. The one or more DCI formats may comprise a DCI format 0_0, aDCI format 1_0, a DCI format 0_1 and a DCI format 1_1. The wirelessdevice may support a number of PDCCH blind decodings per a slot based ona subcarrier spacing of an active BWP of a cell. For example, thewireless device may support M1 (e.g., 44) for a 15 kHz SCS active BWP ofthe cell.

For example, the wireless device may support M2 (e.g., 36) for a 30 kHzSCS active BWP of the cell. the wireless device may support M3 (e.g.,M3=22) for a 60 kHz SCS active BWP of the cell. The wireless device maysupport M4 (e.g., M4=20) for a 120 kHz SCS active BWP of the cell.

In an example, a wireless device may monitor one or more monitoringoccasions of one or more search spaces in a span. The one or more searchspaces may be associated with one or more coresets of an active BWP of acell. The span may be determined as one or more consecutive (OFDM)symbols in a slot, where the one or more monitoring occasions arepresent over the span. Each PDCCH monitoring occasion (e.g., determinedbased on a search space set configuration) may be within one span. Thewireless device may have a capability indicating a combination (X, Y).The wireless device may support a PDCCH monitoring occasions in anysymbol of a slot with a minimum time gap/separation (e.g., a minimumgap, a minimum separation, a gap, a space, an offset, a minimum offset,a minimum space, a separation) between first symbols of twoconsecutive/adjacent spans, including across slots, may be X. A span maystart at a first symbol of a slot, where a first PDCCH monitoringoccasion may start. The span may end at a second symbol of the slotwhere a second PDCCH monitoring occasion may end. The first PDCCHmonitoring occasion may be same or different from the second PDCCHmonitoring occasion. A span may be up to Y symbols. For example, amaximum number of symbols in a span may be less than or equal to Y.

The wireless device may support one or more combinations (X, Y) for aSCS for an active BWP of a cell.

In an example, a wireless device may support one or more cells in athird frequency region (e.g., FR3), where a frequency of the thirdfrequency region may be between [52.6, 71] GHz. The third frequencyregion may be between [f1>=52.6 GHz and f2<=71 GHz]. The wireless devicemay support one or more subcarrier spacing for the one or more cells.For example, the one or more SCS may comprise at least one of {120 kHz,240 kHz, 480 kHz, 960 kHz}. When an active BWP of a cell of the one ormore cells operates based on 480 kHz or 960 kHz, a duration of a slotmay be smaller than 32 us or 16 us.

In an example, the wireless device may support one or more blinddecodings based on a single-slot span monitoring occasion. For example,the wireless device may have a span in each slot of the active BWP ofthe cell. The wireless device may support M number of blind decodingsand P number of non-overlapped CCEs based on a single-slot spanmonitoring occasion. For example, M may be 4 for 480 kHz and M may be 2for 960 kHz.

In an example, a wireless device may support a capability of amulti-slot PDCCH monitoring. The wireless device may support up to Mblind decodings within a multi-slot span and up to P non-overlapped CCEswithin the multi-slot span. A multi-slot span may comprise or span overa plurality of slots of an active BWP of a scheduling cell. For example,the wireless device may support the capability of the multi-slot PDCCHmonitoring in response to a SCS of an active BWP of the scheduling cellis one of {480 kHz, 960 kHz, 240 kHz}. The wireless device may transmita capability of the capability for each SCS of {240 kHz, 480 kHz, 960kHz} and/or a band/band combination.

In an example, the capability of the multi-slot PDCCH monitoring may bedetermined based on a fixed pattern of N slots. For example, thewireless device may determine N slots based on a predetermined pattern(e.g., a span is between slots with indices between [n+0, n+N−1] wherein(n % N)=0). For example, the wireless device may determine the N slotsbased on a pattern configured by an RRC/SIB/MIB message. For example,the wireless device may determine a starting slot with an index P wherethe wireless device may monitor/receive a cell-defining SSB. Thewireless device may determine N that is a dividend of 64 or 32 (e.g.,N=2, 4, 8, 16). The wireless device may determine an ending slot of Nmulti-slot span that is P+N−1. A span may be between [slot P, slotP+N−1]. The wireless device may determine a starting slot with an indexP, where the wireless device may monitor/receive a type0-PDCCH CSS (or atype2-PDCCH CSS, or a type0A-PDCCH CSS).

In an example, a wireless device may support a capability (e.g.,pdcch-Monitoring-R16 (X, Y)). The capability may comprise a combinationof (X, Y) for a subcarrier spacing. For example, X may determineconsecutive OFDM symbols of a span. The span may comprise one or moremonitoring occasions. Y may determine a minimum time gap/separationbetween two consecutive/adjacent spans. For example, X may determineconsecutive slots of a span. The span may comprise one or moremonitoring occasions. Y may determine a minimum time gap/separationbetween first slot of a first span and first slot of a second span,where the first span and the second span are adjacent or consecutivespans. For example, Y may be determined as a minimum gap/separationbetween two monitoring occasions based on a search space configuration,where the two monitoring occasions are adjacent or consecutive. Forexample, Y may be determined as a minimum periodicity that a searchspace for an active BWP of a cell may be configured with.

FIG. 35A illustrates an example of a multi-slot span as per an aspect ofan embodiment of the present disclosure. For example, a span may bedetermined based on one or more consecutive symbols of a slot. Asize/duration of the span may be up to Y symbols. Y may be greater than3 symbols. FIG. 35A illustrates that a first span spans five OFDMsymbols (e.g., Y=5). A second span may span three OFDM symbols (e.g.,<=Y). In an example, a span may be determined as a slot where thewireless device may be configured with one or more monitoring occasionsin the slot. The one or more monitoring occasions may occurconsecutively or non-consecutively in time over the slot. For example, afirst monitoring occasion based on a second search space (SS2) may occursymbols [9-11] in a slot n and a second monitoring occasion based on afirst search space (SS1) may occur in symbols [4-5] in the slot n. Thefirst monitoring occasion and the second monitoring occasion may not becontiguous. The span may comprise one or more contiguous ornon-contiguous monitoring occasion in a slot.

A minimum time gap/separation between two spans may be determined basedon first symbol of first slot of a first span and first symbol of firstslot of a second span. The first span and the second span may beadjacent or consecutive spans. First symbol of first slot may be symbol0 (or 1) of first slot of the first span. First symbol of first slot maybe symbol 0 (or 1) of first slot of the second span. First symbol may ormay not comprise a monitoring occasion. First slot of the first span maycomprise a monitoring occasion. First slot of the second span maycomprise a monitoring occasion.

FIG. 35B illustrates an example of a multi-slot span as per an aspect ofan embodiment of the present disclosure. In an example, a span may bedetermined based on one or more consecutive slots. A size/duration ofthe span may be up to Y slots. Y may be smaller than or equal to K slots(e.g., K=2, 4). A span may start a slot with index n such that n % K=0or n % (K*X)=0. X may be determined as a minimum time gap/separationbetween two consecutive/adjacent spans. The X may be measured betweenfirst slot of a first span of the two spans and a second slot of asecond span of the two spans. In FIG. 35B, a span may span two slots(e.g., slot n and slot n+1) with Y=2 slots and a minimum gap X may be Xslots. In each span, a number of consecutive slots with one or moremonitoring occasions may be smaller than or equal to Y.

In an example, a wireless device may support a multi-slot PDCCHmonitoring capability based on a sliding window of N slots. For example,the wireless device may support M blind decodings and/or Pnon-overlapped CCEs within any sliding window of size N slots. The basestation may configure one or more search spaces, wherein one or moremonitoring occasions based on the one or more search spaces are within Mblind decodings and P non-overlapped CCEs within a sliding window of Nslots. The wireless device may determine a sliding window of N slotsbased on a current slot n and N sliding window size (e.g., [slot n, slotn+N−1]). The wireless device may support in every sliding window, up toM blind decodings and/or P non-overlapped CCEs. For example, thewireless device may support M and/or P between [slot n, slot n+N−1],[slot n+1, slot n+N] . . . , slot [n+k, slot n+k+N−1], . . . and/or thelike.

The wireless device may determine a sliding window or update the slidingwindow in every slot (e.g., the wireless device may support M and/or Pbetween [slot n, slot n+N−1], [slot n+1, slot n+N] . . . , slot [n+k,slot n+k+N−1], . . . and/or the like.). The wireless device maydetermine or update the sliding window in every P slots (e.g., thewireless device may support M and/or P between [slot n, slot n+N−1],[slot n+P, slot n+P+N−1] . . . , slot [n+k*P, slot n+k*P+N−1], and/orthe like). For example, P may be 2 or 4 or N.

The wireless device may report one or more capabilities of one or moremulti-slot PDCCH monitoring for a cell. The base station may transmitone or more RRC messages indicating one multi-slot PDCCH monitoring ofthe one or more capabilities of the one or more multi-slot PDCCH. Theone or more RRC messages may indicate/comprise configuration parameters.The configuration parameters may comprise/indicate one or more searchspaces for the cell. The wireless device may determine one of the one ormore capabilities, for the cell, based on the configuration parameters.

For example, the first SCS is 960 kHz. The wireless device may determinea number of blind decoding for a combination of (X, Y) for a SCS of anactive BWP of a cell.

In an example, a value of a total DAI may denote/represent a totalnumber of {serving, PDCCH monitoring occasion}-pair(s) up to a currentPDCCH monitoring occasion across one or more serving cells. FIG. 36illustrates an example of a counter-DAI (C-DAI or DAI) and/or a totalDAI (T-DAI) when a wireless device is configured with a single servingcell. For example, the wireless device may determine a first monitoringoccasion (a left box), a second monitoring occasion (a middle box) and athird monitoring occasion (a right box) in FIG. 36. The wireless devicemay be scheduled/received DCI(s) based on one or more DCI formats viamonitoring occasions (e.g., the first monitoring occasion, the secondmonitoring occasion, the third monitoring occasion). For example, thewireless device may receive a first DCI (DCI 1) via the first monitoringoccasion where the first DCI indicates a DAI=0 and/or a T-DAI=0. Thebase station may set the DAI=0 and/or the T-DAI=0.

The wireless device may receive a third DCI (DCI 3) via the thirdmonitoring occasion where the third DCI indicates a DAI=2 and/or aT-DAI=2. The first DCI and the third DCI may indicate a same PUCCHresource for HARQ feedback. The wireless device may generate a firstHARQ feedback bit for a PDSCH or a SPS PDSCH release scheduled by thefirst DCI. The wireless device may generate a third HARQ feedback bitfor a second PDSCH or a second SPS PDSCH release by the third DCI. Thewireless device may not receive successfully a second DCI via the secondmonitoring occasion. The wireless device may determine a missed (e.g.,failed to be received, failed in decoding, not received, failed) DCI(e.g., the second DCI) based on a DAI value of the third DCI.

The wireless device may generate NACK (e.g., negative ACK) for a thirdPDSCH or a third SPS PDSCH release. For example, the third PDSCH or thethird SPS PDSCH release may have been scheduled via the second DCI. Thewireless device may not receive the third PDSCH or the third SPS PDSCHrelease as the second DCI has not been received successfully.

The wireless device may be scheduled with a SPS PDSCH reception betweenthe second DCI and the third DCI. The wireless device may have receivedan activation DCI for a SPS PDSCH configuration. The wireless device maydetermine the SPS PDSCH reception or an occasion of the SPS PDSCHreception based on the activation DCI and the SPS PDSCH configuration.

The wireless device may generate 3 bits HARQ feedback bits, a first bitcorresponding to the first DCI, a second bit for the second DCI and athird bit for the third DCI. The wireless device may generate one ormore HARQ-ACK bits corresponding to one or more PDCCH monitoringoccasions, where the one or more PDCCH monitoring occasions may scheduleone or more PDSCHs corresponding to a PUCCH resource.

The wireless device may determine a number of HARQ feedback/HARQ-ACKcodebook based on a T-DAI or C-DAI of a most recent DCI for the PUCCH(or a PUCCH resource). The wireless device may transmit the HARQfeedback bits via the PUCCH or the PUCCH resource.

The wireless device may determine a first HARQ-ACK bit for a PDSCHscheduled by the first DCI or the first DCI (e.g., DCI1) in a HARQ-ACKcodebook. The wireless device may determine a NACK for a second HARQ-ACKbit as the wireless device misses the second DCI. The wireless devicemay determine a third HARQ-ACK bit (e.g., DAI=2) for the third DCI.

The wireless device may determine whether a SPS PDSCH reception based ona SPS configuration is mapped to the PUCCH resource. When a single SPSPDSCH reception across cells is mapped to the PUCCH resource, thewireless device may generate a HARQ-ACK bit corresponding to the SPSPDSCH reception. The wireless device may append the HARQ-ACK bit afterone or more HARQ-ACK bits based on the one or more PDCCH monitoringoccasions.

In FIG. 36, the wireless device may append a HARQ-ACK bit for the SPSPDSCH after three bits of HARQ-ACK bits for the first/second/third DCIs.The wireless device may transmit the appended HARQ-ACK bits via thePUCCH resource.

FIG. 37 illustrates an example of HARQ feedback/codebook determinationwhen a wireless device is configured with a plurality of serving cells.For example, the wireless device may be configured with a first cell(Cell 0) and a second cell (Cell 1). For example, the wireless devicemay receive a first DCI via the first cell (DCI 1) that may indicate aDAI=0 and a T-DAI=1. The base station may determine a C-DAI (or DAI)and/or T-DAI for a DCI.

The T-DAI may accumulate a number of PDCCH monitoring occasions and/or anumber of DCIs, across all serving cells, up to a current PDCCHmonitoring occasion. A first monitoring occasion of the first cell mayoverlap and may have a same starting time to a first monitoring occasionof the second cell. A base station may set the T-DAI of the first DCIbeing two. The base station may set a T-DAI of a second DCI (DCI 2) viathe second cell.

A DAI value of the second DCI may be set to 1 (e.g., counter DAI). Forexample, the base station may set the DAI value of the second DCI to 1.The wireless device may not receive successfully a third DCI (DCI3) thatmay indicate a T-DAI=2 and DAI=2. The wireless device may receive afourth DCI (DCI4) with a T-DAI=3 and DAI=3.

The wireless device may receive a fifth DCI (DCI5) with a T-DAI=4 andDAI=4.

A value of a T-DAI may be wrapped around (e.g., modulo operation, suchas a modulo n, which may be expressed as a mode n or a % n) when itreaches a maximum value (e.g., n) or a threshold (e.g., a maximumvalue=4 based on 2 bits of T-DAI field, a maximum value=2{circumflexover ( )}K or 2{circumflex over ( )}K−1 where K is a number of bits usedfor a T-DAI field in a DCI format). The wireless device may determineHARQ-ACK bits as follows. For example, actual value of T-DAI and C-DAIvale may be 0 for the fifth DCI based on the wrapping up mechanism(e.g., 4 mod 4=0, 4% 4=0 when n is 4, an actual value may be determinedbased on modulo n, where n is 2{circumflex over ( )}K with K bits usedfor a DAI field).

For example, for each PDCCH monitoring occasion (e.g., a first PDCCHmonitoring occasion is a first time when the wireless device may monitora first monitoring occasion via the first cell and a first monitoringoccasion via the second cell), the wireless device may determine anumber of HARQ-ACK feedback bits for each serving cell based on a cellindex (e.g., determine the first cell and then determine the second cellwhen an index of the first cell is lower than an index of the secondcell).

For example, a PDCCH monitoring occasion may indicate a starting time ina slot where a wireless device may start monitoring one or more PDCCHcandidates via a monitoring occasion of a serving cell. For example, aPDCCH monitoring occasion may indicate a monitoring occasiondetermined/configured based on a search space configuration.

For example, the wireless device may determine a number of HARQ-ACK bitsfor a serving cell based on a DAI field of the each PDCCH monitoringoccasion. For example, the wireless device may determine a bit indexamong HARQ-ACK bits to put ACK or NACK for a transport block or a SPSPDSCH release scheduled by a DCI for the serving cell, where thewireless device may receive the DCI via the each PDCCH monitoringoccasion.

The wireless device may determine a first HARQ-ACK bit for a transportblock of the first cell at the first PDCCH monitoring occasion. Thewireless device may determine a second HARQ-ACK bit for a transportblock of the second cell at the first PDCCH monitoring occasion. Thewireless device may move to a next PDCCH monitoring occasion whichoccurs after the first monitoring occasion but occur before othermonitoring occasions.

In FIG. 37, the wireless device may determine a second monitoringoccasion via the first cell as the wireless device may not detect anyDCI via a second monitoring occasion via the second cell. The wirelessdevice may determine a third HARQ ACK bit corresponding to a PDSCH or aSPS PDSCH release scheduled via the fourth DCI (DCI 4). The wirelessdevice may move to a next PDCCH monitoring occasion, where the wirelessdevice receives a DCI with a DAI value. For example, the wireless devicemay determine a third monitoring occasion via the second cell as thenext PDCCH monitoring occasion. The wireless device may determine afourth HARQ ACK bit corresponding to a PDSCH or a SPS PDSCH scheduled bythe fifth DCI (DCI5).

The wireless device may determine a total DAI value for a PUCCHresource, based on a last DCI received for the PUCCH resource. Forexample, the fifth DCI may be a last DCI that the wireless devicereceives for the PUCCH resource in FIG. 37. The fifth DCI indicates aT-DAI=4 that may indicate five DCIs have been scheduled up to thecurrent PDCCH monitoring occasion.

The wireless device may determine a number of HARQ-ACK bits based on theT-DAI of the last DCI.

The wireless device may determine an order (e.g., a bit order) of eachDCI or a PDSCH scheduled by each DCI based on a C-DAI value of the eachDCI. For example, a bit order of the fourth DCI (DCI 4) is 3, thewireless device may place a HARQ-ACK bit for the fourth DCI in a bitwith index 3 as shown in FIG. 37.

The wireless device may determine NACK for a missed DCI between thesecond DCI and the fourth DCI. The wireless device may generateaggregated HARQ-ACK feedback by ascending order of a start time of aPDCCH monitoring occasion (e.g., the first DCI, the second DCI

(the third DCI

) the fourth DCI

the fifth DCI) and for each PDCCH monitoring occasion based on a cellindex (e.g., the first cell

the second cell in the first monitoring occasion).

The wireless device may determine whether a SPS PDSCH reception based ona SPS configuration is mapped to the PUCCH resource. When a single SPSPDSCH reception across cells is mapped to the PUCCH resource, thewireless device may generate a HARQ-ACK bit corresponding to the SPSPDSCH reception. The wireless device may append the HARQ-ACK bit afterthe aggregated HARQ-ACK feedback based on one or more PDCCH monitoringoccasions.

In FIG. 37, the wireless device may append a HARQ-ACK bit for the SPSPDSCH after five bits of HARQ-ACK bits. The wireless device may transmitthe appended HARQ-ACK bits via the PUCCH resource.

The wireless device may determine a bit order of HARQ-ACK feedback forone or more DCIs/PDSCHs based on C-DAI/T-DAI values of the one or moreDCIs.

If the wireless device may be configured with a plurality of coresetpool indexes for a serving cell, the wireless device may further orderbased on a coreset pool index (e.g., a first coreset pool

a second coreset pool). When a wireless device may be configured with aplurality of transport blocks for any serving cell, the wireless devicemay determine two ACK and/or NACK bits for each PDCCH monitoringoccasion of a serving cell. The wireless device may transmit 5 bits ofHARQ ACK feedback corresponding to an order of DCI1, DCI2, DCI3, DCI4and DCI5.

In an example, a wireless device may transmit a HARQ-ACK information(e.g., a HARQ-ACK codebook, one or more HARQ-ACK codebooks, and/or thelike) in a PUCCH resource in a slot n. The wireless device may determinea bitmap of ACK-NACK information. The bitmap of ACK-NACK information maycomprise a HARQ-ACK codebook, where the HARQ-ACK codebook may compriseone or more HARQ-ACK sub-codebooks. For example. The bitmap of ACK-NACKinformation may comprise one or more HARQ-ACK codebooks.

For example, the wireless device may generate a first bitmap for a firstHARQ-ACK sub-codebook. The wireless device may generate a second bitmapfor a second HARQ-ACK sub-codebook. For example, the wireless device maygenerate the first bitmap for a first HARQ-ACK codebook. The wirelessdevice may generate the second bitmap for a second HARQ-ACK codebook. APUCCH may comprise a HARQ-ACK codebook comprising one or more HARQ-ACKsub-codebooks. A PUCCH may comprise one or more HARQ-ACK codebooks.

For example, a wireless device may perform encoding based on a HARQ-ACKcodebook. When a HARQ-ACK codebook comprises a plurality of HARQ-ACKsub-codebooks, the wireless device may append the plurality of HARQ-ACKsub-codebooks before performing encoding.

Example embodiments may generate a plurality of HARQ-ACK sub-codebooksfor a HARQ-ACK codebook. Example embodiments may generate a plurality ofHARQ-ACK codebooks, where each HARQ-ACK codebook, of the plurality ofHARQ-ACK codebooks, may correspond to a HARQ-ACK sub-codebook of theexamples.

In an example, a wireless device may generate a HARQ-ACK codebookcomprising one or more HARQ-ACK sub-codebooks. The wireless device mayencode the HARQ-ACK codebook and may transmit the encoded bits via aPUCCH resource.

For example, a first HARQ-ACK sub-codebook (e.g., a codebook, asub-codebook, a first HARQ-ACK codebook) may correspond to one or moredownlink channels (e.g., PDSCH), where each downlink channel carries oneor more transport blocks. A second HARQ-ACK sub-codebook may correspondto one or more second downlink channels (e.g., PDSCH), where each seconddownlink channel carries one or more code block groups (CBGs).

For the first HARQ-ACK sub-codebook, the wireless device may generate P1bits of ACK-NACK bits for a downlink channel of the one or more downlinkchannels. For example, P1 may be 1 in response to a number of transportblock for a slot (e.g., maxNrofCodeWordsScheduledByDCI=1) being one. Forexample, P1 may be 2 in response to a number of transport block for aslot (e.g., maxNrofCodeWordsScheduledByDCI=2) being two. For example,the wireless device may generate P1 bits of ACK-NACK bit(s) for each DAIvalue based on counter DAI and/or T-DAI for the first HARQ-ACKsub-codebook.

For the second HARQ-ACK sub-codebook, the wireless device may generateP2 bits of ACK-NACK bits for a downlink channel of the one or moresecond downlink channels. For example, P2 may be M in response to anumber of transport block for a slot (e.g.,maxNrofCodeWordsScheduledByDCI=1) being one and a number of maximum CBGsconfigured to a serving cell being M. For example, P2 may be 2*M inresponse to a number of transport block for a slot (e.g.,maxNrofCodeWordsScheduledByDCI=2) being two and a number of maximum CBGsconfigured to a serving cell being M. For example, the wireless devicemay generate P2 bits of ACK-NACK bit(s) for each DAI value based oncounter DAI and/or T-DAI for the second HARQ-ACK sub-codebook.

In an example, the wireless device may determine a first C-DAI/T-DAI forthe first HARQ-ACK sub-codebook. The wireless device may determine asecond C-DAI/T-DAI for the second HARQ-ACK sub-codebook.

In an example, a wireless device may be configured with a first cell anda second cell. The first cell and the second cell may be activated. Abase station may transmit one or more RRC messages indicatingconfiguration parameters. The configuration parameters mayindicate/comprise a number of CBGs for the second cell. The wirelessdevice may determine a DCI format, for the second cell, comprising a CBGtransmission information (CBGTI). The CBGTI may be a bitmap, where eachbit may correspond to each CBG of one or more CBGs, where a number ofthe one or more CBGs may be limited by the number of CBGs configured forthe second cell. The base station may not configure a CBG transmissionfor the first cell. The base station may transmit a second DCI format,for the first cell, based on a transport block transmission.

The wireless device may not be configured with a third DCI format, forthe second cell, where the third DCI format may schedule resources ofthe second cell based on a transport block transmission.

The wireless device may receive a first DCI indicating downlinkresources, of a first downlink channel, of the first cell with a PUCCHresource. The wireless device may receive a second DCI indicating seconddownlink resources, of a second downlink channel, of the second cellwith the PUCCH resource. The wireless device may determine a firstHARQ-ACK sub-codebook comprising ACK-NACK bit(s) corresponding to thefirst downlink channel. The wireless device may determine a secondHARQ-ACK sub-codebook comprising ACK-NACK bit(s) corresponding to thesecond downlink channel. The wireless device may append the secondHARQ-ACK sub-codebook to the first HARQ-ACK sub-codebook. The wirelessdevice may transmit the appended bits via the PUCCH resource.

In an example, the wireless device may generate a HARQ-ACK bit for asemi-persistent scheduling (SPS) PDSCH reception based on a SPS PDSCHconfiguration. The wireless device may append the HARQ-ACK bit to thefirst HARQ-ACK sub-codebook, before appending the second HARQ-ACKsub-codebook to the first HARQ-ACK sub-codebook. The wireless device mayplace the HARQ-ACK bit of the SPS PDSCH reception via the first HARQ-ACKsub-codebook.

When semipersistent scheduling is activated, a wireless device mayperiodically receive downlink data transmissions (e.g., SPS PDSCHtransmissions, via SPS PDSCH receptions, via SPS PDSCH occasions). Theperiodicity of receiving the downlink data transmissions mayRRC-configured (e.g., based on one or more periodicity parametersreceived through RRC signaling). First resource of periodic resourcesmay be scheduled via a downlink control channel. The wireless device mayactivate the first resource and a semi-persistent scheduling based onthe downlink control channel. The wireless device may receive downlinkdata transmission via periodic resources other than first resourcewithout receiving downlink control channel(s).

In an example, a wireless device may be configured with one or moreserving cells. The wireless device may receive one or more RRC messagesindicating configuration parameters. The configuration parameters mayindicate/comprise one or more SPS PDSCH configurations (e.g., SPS PDSCHconfigs, SPS configs, SPS configurations) for a cell of the one or moreserving cells. The wireless device may receive a DCI activating a singleSPS PDSCH configuration of the one or more SPS PDSCH configurations. TheDCI may comprise/indicate a slot offset/scheduling offset (k0) forreceiving a first SPS PDSCH. The wireless device may determine the firstSPS PDSCH reception based on the DCI and the slot offset (k0). Forexample, a slot n of the first SPS PDSCH is after k0 slots from the DCI(e.g., a first slot of the DCI).

The wireless device may determine one or more SPS PDSCH receptions whereeach of the one or more SPS PDSCH receptions may occur at a slot n+i*P,where i is 1, 2, . . . , and P is a periodicity of the SPSconfiguration. An SPS PDSCH reception may be a resource (e.g.,time-domain, frequency-domain, and/or spatial-domain) in the PDSCH or anSPS PDSCH during which the base station may, or may not, transmit atransport block to the wireless device. The SPS PDSCH reception mayrefer to resources of a SPS transmission by the base station.

The wireless device may determine a PUCCH resource of the first SPSPDSCH based on a PDSCH-to-HARQ_feedback timing (e.g., k1) indicated bythe DCI. The wireless device may transmit a HARQ-ACK feedback for thefirst SPS PDSCH via the PUCCH resource. The wireless device maydetermine one or more PUCCH resources of the one or more SPS PDSCHreceptions where each PUCCH resource of the one or more PUCCH resourcesmay occur in a slot n+i*P+k1. A same timing/scheduling offset/gapbetween a SPS PDSCH reception and a PUCCH resource may be repeated foreach periodicity. The wireless device may transmit a HARQ-ACK feedbackof each SPS PDSCH via each PUCCH resource of the one or more PUCCHresources.

The wireless device may determine a PUCCH resource in a slot n. Thewireless device may determine a number of SPS PDSCH configuration(s),where a HARQ-ACK feedback corresponding to a SPS PDSCH, of one or moreSPS PDSCH configurations, is scheduled via the PUCCH resource. Forexample, the wireless device may determine the one or more SPSconfigurations based on periodicity(s) and/or PDSCH-to-HARQ_feedbacktiming values and/or a repetition of each SPS PDSCH.

The wireless device may determine HARQ-ACK feedbacks of a plurality ofSPS PDSCH configurations may be mapped/correspond to a PUCCH resource(e.g., a same PUCCH resource). The wireless device may determine aplurality of HARQ-ACK bits for the plurality of SPS PDSCH configurationsbased on a procedure in FIG. 38-FIG. 39.

FIG. 38 illustrates an example of a HARQ-ACK codebook determination ofSPS configurations as per an aspect of an embodiment of the presentdisclosure.

A wireless device may determine one or more HARQ-ACK bits based on anorder of a serving cell index, a SPS configuration index, and a slotindex of a DL slot of a SPS PDSCH reception. For example, the wirelessdevice may determine one or more first HARQ-ACK bits for a first servingcell with a lowest index among one or more serving cells configure witha SPS configuration. The one or more first HARQ-ACK bits may be orderedbased on a SPS configuration index if the first serving cell isconfigured with a plurality of SPS configurations.

Then the wireless device may determine/generate one or more secondHARQ-ACK bits for a second serving cell with a next lowest index amongthe one or more serving cells. The wireless device may append the one ormore second HARQ-ACK bits to the one or more first HARQ-ACK bits.

The wireless device may iterate the process for the one or more servingcells based on an order of cell indexes.

In FIG. 38, a wireless device is configured with a first cell (Cell 0)and a second cell (Cell 1). For the first cell, the wireless device maybe configured with a first SPS configuration (SPS Config 1) and a secondSPS configuration (SPS Config 2). For the second cell, the wirelessdevice may be configured with a third SPS configuration (SPS Config 3)and a fourth SPS configuration (SPS Config 4).

A first SPS PDSCH reception (#1), of the second SPS configuration, mayoccur before than a second SPS PDSCH reception (#2), of the first SPSconfiguration, via the first cell.

A third SPS PDSCH reception (#3), of the third SPS configuration, mayoccur before than a fourth SPS PDSCH (#4) reception, of the fourth SPSconfiguration, via the second cell.

A first cell index of the first cell may be smaller than a second cellindex of the second cell.

A first index of the first SPS configuration is smaller than a secondindex of the second SPS configuration.

A third index of the third SPS configuration is smaller than a fourthindex of the fourth SPS configuration.

The wireless device may determine one or more HARQ-ACK bits of the firstcell first based on the first cell index being smaller than the secondcell index.

The wireless device may determine/order a first HARQ-ACK bit of thesecond SPS PDSCH reception (#2) before a second HARQ-ACK of the firstSPS PDSCH reception (#1) based on the first index being smaller than thesecond index.

In an example, the wireless device may determine an order of the one ormore HARQ-ACK bits based on a slot index of a corresponding SPS PDSCHreception (e.g., the second HARQ-ACK bit comes first/before than thefirst HARQ-ACK bit in FIG. 38). The wireless device may determine theone or more HARQ-ACK bits across a plurality of SPS configurations basedon an order of slot index(es).

For the second cell, the wireless device may determine/order a thirdHARQ-ACK bit of the third SPS PDSCH reception and a fourth HARQ-ACK bitof the fourth SPS PDSCH reception based on the third index being smallerthan the fourth index (or based on a timing the third SPS PDSCHreception and the fourth SPS PDSCH reception).

The wireless device may determine four bits of HARQ-ACK bits in an orderof the second SPS PDSCH reception, the first SPS PDSCH reception, thethird SPS PDSCH reception and the fourth SPS PDSCH reception.

The wireless device may transmit the fourth bits of the HARQ-ACK bitsvia a PUCCH resource.

FIG. 39 illustrates a pseudo code of a HARQ-ACK codebook determinationof SPS configurations as per an aspect of an embodiment of the presentdisclosure.

For example, a wireless device may determine a number (N{circumflex over( )}DL_cells) of serving cells configured to the wireless device. Thenumber of serving cells may count one or more serving cells configuredwith one or more SPS configurations. The number of serving cells maycount one or more serving cells regardless of a SPS configuration.

The wireless device may determine a number (N{circumflex over ( )}SPS_c)of SPS configurations for a serving cell (c) of the one or more servingcells.

The wireless device may determine one or more downlink slots (e.g., DLslots) on the serving cell (c) where a HARQ-ACK bit of a PDSCH in a DLslot of the one or more downlink slots corresponds to (or is multiplexedwith) the PUCCH resource. For example, the one or more DL slots may bedetermined based on one or more k1 values configured to the wirelessdevice. For example, k1 values may be configured via RRC signaling. Thek1 values may comprise an offset between a first slot of the PDSCH to asecond slot of the PUCCH resource. The k1 values may comprise an offsetbetween a last OFDM symbol of the PDSCH to a first OFDM symbol of thePUCCH resource.

For example, the wireless device may determine a slot n for the PUCCHresource. The wireless device may be configured with k1 values of {1, 2,8}. The wireless device may determine DL slots comprising {slot n-1,slot n-2, slot n-8}. For example, the wireless device may determine DLslots where each DL slot of the DL slots is determined based on a slotindex of a PUCCH resource and a k1 value of one or more configured k1values.

For a single serving cell, the wireless device may order one or moreHARQ-ACK bits based on an index of a SPS configuration. For example,when a first SPS configuration with a first index and a second SPSconfiguration with a second index are configured to the single servingcell, the wireless device may determine the first SPS configurationfirst in response to the first index being smaller than the secondindex.

The wireless device may generate one or more third HARQ-ACK bits for thefirst SPS configuration. The wireless device may generate one or morefourth HARQ-ACK bits for the second SPS configuration.

The wireless device may append/concatenate the one or more fourthHARQ-ACK bits to the one or more third HARQ-ACK bits.

The wireless device may determine an order of the one or more thirdHARQ-ACK bits or the one or more fourth HARQ-ACK bits based on slotindex(es) of one or more DL slots.

For example, for the first SPS configuration, a first DL slot with afirst slot index and a second DL slot with a second slot index maytransmit or be scheduled with SPS PDSCH receptions, the wireless devicemay determine a first HARQ-ACK bit for the first DL slot first/before asecond HARQ-ACK bit for the second DL slot in response to the first slotindex being smaller than the second slot index (or the first DL slot isearlier/before than the second DL slot).

The wireless device may append the second HARQ-ACK bit to the firstHARQ-ACK bit.

The wireless device may append/aggregate/concatenate one or more firstHARQ-ACK bits of a SPS configuration, based on DL slot(s), firstly.

The wireless device may append/aggregate/concatenate one or more secondHARQ-ACK bits of a serving cell, based on an order of SPS configurationindex(es), secondly.

The wireless device may append/aggregate/concatenate one or more thirdHARQ-ACK bits across one or more serving cells, based on an order ofserving cell index(es), thirdly.

The wireless device may determine a number of HARQ-ACK bits of the oneor more third HARQ-ACK bits.

In existing technologies, a wireless device may generate a HARQ-ACK bitfor one or more SPS PDSCH receptions occurring between an interval or atime duration. The wireless device may receive one transport block viaone or more SPS PDSCH receptions. The interval or the time duration maybe determined based on a SPS configuration. The interval or the timeduration may be determined based on a periodicity of the SPSconfiguration.

Implementation of existing technologies may enable one or more HARQ-ACKbits of a cell, where the cell is configured with one or more SPSconfigurations.

In recent technologies, a multi-PDSCH DCI is introduced. A single DCImay schedule resources for one or more PDSCHs, where each PDSCH maycarry/comprise a transport block. A single multi-PDSCH DCI may scheduleresources for one or more transport blocks.

Based on existing technologies, a multi-PDSCH DCI may activate, based ona SPS configuration, a single SPS PDSCH reception or one or more SPSPDSCH receptions in each periodicity. The one or more SPS PDSCHreceptions may be used with a repetition of a transport block. Thewireless device may determine a HARQ-ACK bit for the single SPS PDSCHrepetition or the one or more SPS PDSCH receptions.

When the multi-PDSCH DCI may activate multiple SPS PDSCH receptions formultiple transport blocks in each interval/periodicity, implementationof existing technologies may be inefficient. For example, the wirelessdevice may generate a single HARQ-ACK bit for the multiple transportblocks by aggregating HARQ-ACK feedback of the multiple transportblocks. The wireless device may transmit ACK when the multiple transportblocks are successfully received. The wireless device may transmit NACKwhen any of the multiple transport blocks is failed. For example, whenthe base station may not schedule a transport block of the multipletransport blocks, or when the wireless device may fail to receive atransport block of the multiple transport block, the wireless device maytransmit a NACK to the base station.

In response to the NACK, the base station may need to retransmit all ofthe multiple transport blocks as the base station may not be able todetermine which particular transport block(s) has been successfullyreceived or failed. This may increase retransmission overhead since thebase station may need to retransmit all of the multiple transport blockseven though, e.g., the wireless device did not fail to receive all ofthe transport blocks. For analogous reasons, this may decreaseefficiency of a SPS configuration.

In an example, a wireless device may determine a HARQ-ACK bitcorresponding to a SPS PDSCH that schedules/comprise/carries a transportblock. The wireless device may determine a first HARQ-ACK bit for afirst transport block and a second HARQ-ACK bit for a second transportblock. In an example, the transport block may be transmitted via a firstSPS PDSCH reception. The second transport block may be transmitted via asecond SPS PDSCH reception. The first SPS PDSCH reception and the secondSPS PDSCH reception may occur within an interval of a SPS configuration.The first SPS PDSCH reception and the second SPS PDSCH reception may bedetermined based on the SPS configuration. The first SPS PDSCH receptionand the second SPS PDSCH reception may be activated based on amulti-PDSCH DCI.

For example, the wireless device may determine one or more HARQ-ACK bitsfor a SPS configuration. The wireless device may determine an order ofthe one or more HARQ-ACK bits based on a slot index or a received timingof one or more PDSCHs corresponding to the one or more HARQ-ACK bits.

The wireless device may append or concatenate the one or more HARQ-ACKbits to a first HARQ-ACK sub-codebook (e.g., for a TB-basedtransmissions) or to a second HARQ-ACK sub-codebook (e.g., for aCBG-based transmissions) or a third HARQ-ACK sub-codebook (e.g., for amulti-PDSCH DCI based transmissions).

The wireless device may determine the one or more HARQ-ACK bits based ona DL slot (e.g., determined by a PUCCH resource and a k1 offset) and anumber of schedulable/scheduled PDSCHs by a multi-PDSCH DCI. Forexample, when a multi-PDSCH DCI may be able to schedule M PDSCHs or Mslots, the wireless device may determine a set of slots {slotn-k1-(M−1), n-k1-(M−2), . . . , slot n-k1} for the one or more HARQ-ACKbits based on the slot n-k1 where a PUCCH is scheduled in a slot n and aPDSCH-to-HARQ_feedback timing value (e.g., k1) is k1. The wirelessdevice may determine a union of set of slots for each value of k1 amongone or more PDSCH-to-HARQ_feedback timing values configured to thewireless device for a serving cell.

The wireless device may determine the union of set of slots as DL slots.

The union of the set of slots may combine each set of slots based oneach value of k1 among the one or more PDSCH-to-HARQ_feedback timingvalues without repetition (e.g., without repeating the same slot twice).For example, the wireless device may determine a first DL slot and asecond DL slot (e.g., a first set of slots) based on a first k1 value ofthe one or more PDSCH-t-HARQ_feedback timing values. The wireless devicemay determine the second SL slot and a third slot (e.g., a second set ofslots) based on a second k1 value of the one or morePDSCH-t-HARQ_feedback timing values. The wireless device may determinethe union of the first set of slots of the first k1 value and the secondset of slots of the second k1 value as the first slot, the second slotand the third slot by counting each slot once.

The wireless device may determine the set of slots based on a number ofscheduled PDSCHs/slots based on an activation DCI of the SPSconfiguration.

The wireless device may determine the one or more HARQ-ACK bits and maytransmit the one or more HARQ-ACK bits via the PUCCH resource.

The base station may be able to determine which particular transportblock/PDSCH has been successfully received and which particulartransport block/PDSCH has been failed based on the one or more HARQ-ACKbits. Example embodiments may reduce unnecessary retransmissions.Example embodiments may allow an activation of a SPS configuration toenable multiple transport block transmissions in each periodicity. Thismay increase scheduling flexibility and performance.

The frequency domain resource may be applied, based on one or morefrequency hopping patterns, via the one or more PDSCHs or the one ormore time domain resources. For example, first PDSCH of the one or morePDSCHs may be mapped via the frequency domain resource. Second (e.g.,next) PDSCH of the one or more PDSCHs may be mapped a second frequencydomain resource. The second frequency domain resource may be determinedbased on the frequency domain resource and a hopping offset based on theone or more frequency hopping patterns.

The configuration parameters may indicate the one or more frequencyhopping patterns for the SPS PDSCH configuration. The one or morefrequency hopping patterns may comprise one or more of {an intra-slothopping, an inter-slot hopping, an inter-repetition hopping}. Forexample, the intra-slot hopping, the wireless device may switch afrequency location in a slot where hopping occurs in half of a timeduration of a PDSCH. The intra-slot hopping, the wireless device mayswitch a frequency location in different slots (e.g., first slot and anext slot). The hopping may occur in every slot boundary between twoconsecutive PDSCHs in consecutive valid slots (or valid transmissions).The inter-repetition may occur between two repetitions. Theinter-repetition may occur in each PDSCH. In each PDSCH, the wirelessdevice may switch a frequency location based on a hopping offset.

The wireless device may determine a number (Si) of PDSCHs scheduled inan i-th interval/period of the SPS configuration based on the DCI (e.g.,an activation DCI) and the periodicity of the SPS configuration.

For example, the wireless device may determine N1 for one or more firstSPS PDSCHs based on the one or more PDSCHs/slots scheduled by theactivation DCI. The wireless device may determine N2 for one or moresecond SPS PDSCHs based on one or more second time domain resources(e.g., slots, SLIV values). The wireless device may determine the one ormore second time domain resources based on the activation DCI and theperiodicity. For example, the activation DCI may indicate one or morefirst time domain resources for the one or more first SPS PDSCHs. Thewireless device may determine the one or more second time domainresources, where each of the one or more second time domain resourcesoccur after the periodicity of each of the one or more first time domainresources.

For example, when the one or more first time domain resources indicates{[slot n, symbol 1-10], [slot n+1, symbol 1-4], [slot n+1, symbol 6-14]}for three SPS PDSCHs and the periodicity is 10 slots, the wirelessdevice may determine the one or more second time domain resources of{[slot n+10, symbol 1-10], [slot n+11, symbol 1-4], [slot n+11, symbol6-14]} based on each resource of the one or more first time domainresources and the periodicity.

Based on a mapping type and/or a configuration, a slot may be scheduledwith at most a PDSCH or a slot may be scheduled with one or more PDSCHs.The example may indicate slot n+1 is scheduled with two PDSCHs.

Example embodiments in the specification may be applied for each slot.For example, a slot may be mapped to at most one PDSCH. Exampleembodiments in the specification may be applied for each PDSCH or eachtime domain resource. For example, a slot may be mapped to one or morePDSCHs. Each time domain resource (e.g., SLIV) may indicate a startingsymbol and a length for a PDSCH. Each time domain resource (e.g., SLIV)may indicate a starting symbol, a length for a PDSCH and a repetition.

In an example, the wireless device may determine Ni of the i-thinterval/period based on one or more following examples.

For example, Ni may be determined based on a maximum number of PDSCHsscheduled by a DCI based on a multi-PDSCH DCI format. The maximum numberof PDSCHs may be configured, via RRC, MAC-CE, and/or DCI signaling, fora cell indicated with a multi-PDSCH scheduling. The wireless device maydetermine the maximum number of PDSCHs based on a TDRA table of the cell(e.g., a TDRA table of an active BWP of the cell).

The TDRA table of the cell may comprise one or more time domain resourceallocation entries, where one entry of the one or more time domainresource allocation entries may be indicated by a downlink controlinformation. An entry of the one or more time domain resource allocationentries may indicate time domain resources for one or more PDSCHs.

The maximum number of PDSCHs may be a maximum number of SLIV values of aTDRA entry of the TDRA table or a maximum number of slots of a secondTDRA entry of the TDRA table. The wireless device may determine themaximum number of PDSCHs based on all entries in the TDRA tableindicated for the multi-PDSCH scheduling.

The maximum number of PDSCHs may be configured for the SPSconfiguration. For each SPS configuration of a cell may beconfigured/indicated with a maximum number of PDSCHs.

The maximum number of PDSCHs may be used to determine Ni of the i-thinterval/period. The Ni may be equal to the maximum number of PDSCHs.

For example, Ni may be determined based on a number of PDSCHs (e.g., SPSPDSCHs) scheduled by an activation DCI of the SPS configuration. Forexample, the activation DCI may indicate M number of time domainresources, where each of the time domain resources corresponds to aPDSCH. The wireless device may determine the activation DCI indicates Mnumber of PDSCHs. For example, the wireless device may determine a PDSCHof the M PDSCHs may be skipped (or invalid) based on a correspondingtime domain resource, of the M time domain resources, overlapping(partially or fully) with uplink resources. For example, the wirelessdevice may count M for the number of PDSCHs regardless of whether eachPDSCH is skipped or not. The wireless device may determine M PDSCHsbased on scheduled time domain resources. For example, the M time domainresources may indicate M slots. For example, the M time domain resourcesmay indicate M SLIV values. For example, the M time domain resources mayindicate M sub-slots. For example, a slot may comprise Q sub-slots(e.g., Q=2, 4, 6, 7). For example, when a slot comprises two sub-slots,each sub-slot may comprise X/2 symbols (e.g., X=14 with normal CP, X=12with extended CP). For example, when a slot comprises four sub-slots,each subslot may comprise 3 or 4 symbols with normal CP and 3 symbolswith extended CP. With extended CP, Q may be 6 instead of 7. With Q=6and extended CP, each sub-slot may comprise two symbols. With Q=7 andnormal CP, each sub-slot may comprise two symbols.

The Ni may be equal to the number of PDSCHs scheduled by the activationDCI of the SPS configuration.

The Ni may be same in each interval/periodicity. The Ni may bedetermined based on the activation DCI.

In an example, the wireless device may determine the number of PDSCHsbased on valid PDSCH(s) scheduled by the activation DCI. For example,the activation DCI may indicate M time domain resources, where each ofthe M time domain resources may correspond to a PDSCH. The wirelessdevice may determine a PDSCH is valid when corresponding time domainresource overlaps with downlink and/or flexible symbols/resources (e.g.,does not overlap with uplink resources). The wireless device maydetermine a PDSCH is invalid when corresponding time domain resourceoverlaps with uplink symbols/resources. The wireless device maydetermine the number of valid PDSCHs that may be smaller than or equalto M. The wireless device may determine the number of valid PDSCHs in afirst interval/period as S1. The wireless device may determine Ni issame to S1. The wireless device may assume that a same number of validPDSCHs are scheduled in each interval/period. The base station mayschedule time domain resources in a way that time domain resources ineach interval/period may have same slot formation information and thusmay lead same number of valid PDSCHs.

In an example, the wireless device may determine a number of validPDSCHs in each interval/period (e.g., Ni of i-th interval/period) may beequal to or smaller than N1 (the number of valid PDSCH in the firstinterval/period). When a number of valid PDSCHs in an interval/period islarger than S1, the wireless device may ignore one or more valid PDSCHs(e.g., assume the one or more valid PDSCHs are skipped) until a numberof PDSCHs becoming equal to S1. The wireless device may assume that thebase station may not schedule any data via the one or more PDSCHs(skipped/ignored).

Each Ni may be same to the S1. The N1 may equal to the number of valid(SPS) PDSCHs in the first interval/period. The number of valid (SPS)PDSCHs may be determined based on one or more first time domainresources indicated by the activation DCI and slot formation informationof one or more slots overlapping with the one or more first time domainresources.

For example, Ni may be determined based on a number of time domainresources (e.g., slots, SLIV values) scheduled/indicated by anactivation DCI of the SPS configuration. For example, a time domainresource may indicate resources for a PDSCH. The time domain resourcemay indicate a slot. The time domain resource may indicate a sub-slot.The time domain resource may be determined based on a SLIV value of aTDRA entry of a TDRA table. The TDRA table may be configured for amulti-PDSCH scheduling of a cell. The TDRA table may be configured foran active BWP of the cell for the multi-PDSCH scheduling. The activationDCI may indicate the TDRA entry (e.g., comprise an index to the TDRAentry of the TDRA table). The TDRA entry may comprise one or more SLIVvalues, where each SLIV value may correspond to a PDSCH. The TDRA entrymay comprise one or more sub-slots, where each sub-slot may correspondto a PDSCH. Each SLIV value may correspond to a sub-slot. The TDRA entrymay comprise one or more of {an offset, a starting symbol, a length}.For example, the offset may be a slot offset or a sub-slot offset. Forexample, the starting symbol may indicate a first symbol in a slot or ina sub-slot. The wireless device may determine the slot or the sub-slotbased on the slot offset or the sub-slot offset. The length may indicatea time duration. The wireless device may determine the slot or thesub-slot based on a first slot or a first sub-slot where the wirelessdevice receives the activation DCI and the slot offset or the sub-slotoffset.

The wireless device may determine one or more time domain resourcesindicated by the activation DCI. The wireless device may determine N1 isequal to the number of the one or more time domain resources. Thewireless device may determine Ni is equal to the S1.

For example, Ni may be determined based on a number of valid time domainresources in i-th period/interval. The wireless device may determine oneor more first time domain resources based on the activation DCI. The oneor more first time domain resources may be determined based on a TDRAentry indicated by the activation DCI. The wireless device may determinea time domain resource of the one or more first time domain resources isvalid in response to all resources of the time domain resourceoverlapping (e.g., fully overlapping) with downlink and/or flexiblesymbols/resources. The time domain resource may fully overlap withdownlink symbols. The time domain resource may fully overlap withflexible symbols. The time domain resource may fully overlap with acombination of downlink and flexible symbols.

The wireless device may determine a time domain resource of the one ormore first time domain resources is invalid in response to any resourcesof the time domain resource overlapping (e.g., partially or fullyoverlapping) with uplink symbol(s)/resources.

The wireless device may determine valid time domain resource, for thefirst interval/period, based on the TDRA entry indicated by theactivation DCI and slot formation information of one or more slotsoverlapping with the one or more first time domain resources.

The wireless device may determine one or more i-th time domain resourcesbased on the TDRA entry and the periodicity of the SPS configuration.For example, the wireless device may determine each of the one or morei-th time domain resources occurs after each of the one or more firsttime domain resources by P*(i−1) where P is the periodicity. Thewireless device may determine valid time domain resource(s) of the oneor more i-th time domain resources based on slot formation informationof one or more i-th slots overlapping with the one or more i-th timedomain resources.

For example, the wireless device may determine slot n+m+P and slotn+m+P+1 are valid time domain resources in 2^(nd) interval/period (see,e.g., FIG. 29).

For each interval/period, the wireless device may determine one or morei-th time domain resources based on a TDRA entry indicated by anactivation DCI and a periodicity of a SPS configuration. The wirelessdevice may determine one or more i-th valid time domain resources basedon the one or more i-th time domain resources and slot formationinformation of one or more i-th slots overlapping with the one or morei-th time domain resources.

The wireless device may determine Ni is a number of the one or more i-thvalid time domain resources. Each time domain resource may be mapped toa PDSCH. For example, Ni may be determined based on a number of validPDSCHs determined in each i-th period/interval. For example, the numberof valid PDSCHs may be same as a number of valid time domain resourcesin each period/interval.

For example, Ni may be determined based on a number of schedulabletransport blocks in each i-th period/interval. When a number of validPDSCHs may be M and each PDSCH may carry/comprise a transport block, thenumber of scheduled transport blocks may be same as the number of validPDSCHs.

For example, when a repetition is used, where R PDSCHs may carry atransport block, a number of schedulable transport blocks may bedetermined as floor (or ceil) [M/R].

For example, when a PDSCH may carry one or more transport blocks, anumber of schedulable transport blocks may be determined as M*K, where Kis a maximum number of transport blocks (or codewords) schedulable in aPDSCH.

The wireless device may determine a number of valid time domainresources in each interval/period. The wireless device may determine anumber of schedulable transport blocks by a PDSCH (e.g., 1/R or K). Thewireless device may determine a number of schedulable transport blocksby the number of valid time domain resources (or valid PDSCHs) (e.g.,[M/R], [M*K]). The wireless device may determine Ni is equal to thenumber of schedulable blocks in i-th interval/period.

In an example, the wireless device may determine one or more i-th SPSPDSCHs in i-th interval/period. For example, the wireless device maydetermine Ni PDSCHs in i-th interval/period. The wireless device maydetermine a first PUCCH resource for the one or more i-th SPS PDSCHsbased on last SPS PDSCH of the one or more i-th SPS PDSCHs and an offsetto the first PUCCH resource. For example, the offset may be indicated byan activation DCI with a PDSCH-to-HARQ_feedback timing indicator (e.g.,k1). The wireless device may determine a PUCCH resource (or feedbacktiming) of the one or more i-th SPS PDSCHs as the first PUCCH resourcebased on the last SPS PDSCH. For example, a same PUCCH resource may beused for the one or more i-th SPS PDSCHs. The same PUCCH resource may bedetermined based on the last SPS PDSCH and the k1 offset.

The wireless device may determine one or more intervals/periods, where asame PUCCH resource may be determined. For example, a subcarrier spacingof the PUCCH may be small and a subcarrier spacing of the SPSconfiguration may be large. One or more intervals/periods of the SPSconfiguration may be mapped to a single PUCCH resource.

In an example, the wireless device may determine one or more SPS PDSCHreceptions where timing of HARQ-ACK feedback for the one or more SPSPDSCH receptions is the first PUCCH resource. For example, the one ormore SPS PDSCH receptions may comprise the one or more i-th SPS PDSCHs.For example, the one or more SPS PDSCH receptions may comprise one ormore i−1-th SPS PDSCHs and/or one or more i+1-th SPS PDSCHs. Forexample, the one or more SPS PDSCH receptions may comprise one or moreSPS PDSCHs of one or more interval/period of the SPS configurationmapping to the first PUCCH resource.

The one or more SPS PDSCH reception may comprise one or more SPS PDSCHsof the SPS configuration.

The wireless device may determine a HARQ-ACK bit for each of the one ormore SPS PDSCH reception.

For example, when the one or more SPS PDSCH reception are the one ormore i-th SPS PDSCHs (e.g., Ni SPS PDSCH(s)), the wireless device maydetermine Ni HARQ-ACK bits. Each HARQ-ACK bit may correspond to each SPSPDSCH of the Ni SPS PDSCH(s).

The wireless device may determine acknowledgement (ACK) or negativeacknowledgement (NACK) for a SPS PDSCH where the SPS PDSCH is a validPDSCH (e.g., not skipped or not ignored). The wireless device maydetermine NACK for a second SPS PDSCH where the second SPS PDSCH is aninvalid PDSCH (e.g., skipped or overlapping with uplinksymbols/resources).

When a number of HARQ-ACK bits, of the SPS configuration, mapping to aPUCCH resource is larger than a predetermined value (e.g., 1 or 2), thewireless device may determine a HARQ-ACK codebook for the SPSconfiguration based on examples shown in FIG. 38-39 and exampleembodiments of the specification.

When the number of HARQ-ACK bits is equal to or smaller than thepredetermined value, the wireless device may generate a predeterminedvalue of HARQ-ACK bits, for the SPS configuration, for the PUCCHresource. The wireless device may append the HARQ-ACK bits to a HARQ-ACKsub-codebook. For example, the HARQ-ACK sub-codebook may be firstHARQ-ACK sub-codebook for TB based transmission. For example, thepredetermined value of HARQ-ACK bits, for the SPS configuration, for thePUCCH resource may be 1 or 2 bits.

In an example, a wireless device may determine a predetermined number(e.g., M) of HARQ-ACK bits for one or more SPS PDSCH receptionscorresponding to a PUCCH resource. For example, M may be configured by abase station. For example, M may be determined based on N1 (e.g., M=S1).For example, M may be determined based on a maximum number of PDSCHsschedulable by a DCI of a multi-PDSCH scheduling.

When a number of one or more SPS PDSCH receptions is smaller than orequal to M, the wireless device may generate HARQ-ACK bit(s) for the oneor more SPS PDSCH receptions and may generate NACK bit(s) for remainingbits (e.g., M−S). For example, S may represent a number of the one ormore SPS PDSCH receptions.

When the number S is larger than M, the wireless device may truncateremaining bits (e.g., S−M bits). The wireless device may suppress anyinvalid PDSCH of the one or more SPS PDSCH receptions before truncatingremaining bits. The wireless device may perform HARQ-ACK aggregation ofS bits to produce/generate M bits (e.g., AND/OR operation for each twobits).

In an example, a wireless device may receive at most a PDSCH in a slot.The PDSCH may be scheduled by a DCI. The PDSCH may be scheduled by a SPSconfiguration activated by a DCI. The wireless device may generate oneor two HARQ-ACK bits corresponding to the slot. The wireless device maygenerate one HARQ-ACK bit when a TB-based transmission is configured anda maxNrofCodeWordsScheduledByDCI is configured as 1. The wireless devicemay generate two HARQ-ACK bits when a TB-based transmission isconfigured and a maxNrofCodeWordsScheduledByDCI is configured as 2.

The wireless device may determine one or more downlink slots. Thewireless device may generate one or two HARQ-ACK bits for a downlinkslot when the downlink slot schedules a PDSCH (e.g., based on a DCI orbased on a SPS configuration).

For a case, where a SPS configuration may be activated based on amulti-PDSCH DCI format, the wireless device may determine one or moreHARQ-ACK bits based on one or more downlink slots. The wireless devicemay determine the one or more downlink slots for a PUCCH resource basedon one or more PDSCH-to-HARQ_feedback timing offset values (e.g., k1values).

FIG. 40 illustrates an example embodiment of DL slot determination asper an aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure.

For example, the wireless device may determine a PUCCH resource in slotS4 (e.g., a slot with index 4). The wireless device may be configuredwith one or more k1 values comprising T0 (e.g., 1), T1 (e.g., 3), and T2(e.g., 4). A DCI may indicate an index of the one or more k1 values viaa PDSCH-to-HARQ_feedback timing indicator field (PDSCH-to-HARQ in FIG.18). For example, the DCI may indicate T0, where the PUCCH resource mayoccur 1 slot after a slot of PDSCH scheduled by the DCI. The one or morek1 values may indicate one or more PDSCH-to-HARQ_feedback timing values.

For example, an activation DCI may indicate T0 of the one or more k1values. The activation DCI may schedule four SPS PDSCHs via slot S0, S1,S2 and S3. The wireless device may determine the PUCCH resource based onlast SPS PDSCH of the four SPS PDSCHs. The wireless device may determineS4 as the PUCCH resource based on T0 (e.g., 1) offset between the lastSPS PDSCH and the PUCCH resource.

The wireless device may determine one or more HARQ-ACK bits based on oneor more DL slots for the PUCCH resource at the slot S4.

The wireless device may determine the one or more DL slots where the oneor more DL slots may comprise a slot with an offset of a k1 value of theone or more k1 values. For example, T1 indicates three slots. A slotwith an offset of three slots from S4 may be determined as a DL slot.For example, a slot S1 may be determined as a DL slot. Similarly, for T2(e.g., 4) value, a slot S0 (offset of 4 slots from the PUCCH resource)may be determined as a DL slot. The one or more DL slots may comprisethe slot S0 and the slot S1 and the slot S3 based on T0, T1 and T2values.

The wireless device may not determine any HARQ-ACK bit for non-DL slot.For example, the wireless device may not determine any HARQ-ACK bit fora slot S2 as there is no k1 value indicating the slot S2 based on thePUCCH resource.

Based on example embodiments, the wireless device may drop one or moreHARQ-ACK bits corresponding to a slot S2 as the slot S2 is notdetermined as a DL slot.

For example, the four SPS PDSCHs activated by the activation DCI may bescheduled via [S0, S3]. The wireless device may generate a firstHARQ-ACK bit for a first SPS PDSCH in a slot S0. The wireless device maygenerate a second HARQ-ACK bit for a second SPS PDSCH in a slot S1. Thewireless device may skip generating a HARQ-ACK bit for a third SPS PDSCHin the slot S2 as the slot S2 is not a DL slot. The wireless device maygenerate a HARQ-ACK bit for a fourth SPS PDSCH in the slot S3.

The wireless device may generate three HARQ-ACK bits for SPS PDSCHreceptions for the PUCCH resource. The wireless device may transmitthree HARQ-ACK bits via the PCCH resource in the slot S4.

In an example, a wireless device may determine one or more DL slots, fora PUCCH resource, based on one or more k1 values and a maximum number ofslots/PDSCHs schedulable by an activation DCI, based on a multi-PDSCHscheduling, for a SPS configuration.

In an example, a wireless device may determine one or more DL slots, fora PUCCH resource, based on one or more k1 values and a number ofslots/PDSCHs schedulable by an activation DCI, based on a multi-PDSCHscheduling, for a SPS configuration. For example, the number ofslots/PDSCHs scheduled by an activation DCI may be determined based on amaximum number of PDSCHs or a maximum number of time domain resources bya DCI, based on a multi-PDSCH scheduling, scheduling resources for acell. The cell may be configured with the multi-PDSCH scheduling. TheSPS configuration may be configured for the cell.

In an example, the wireless device may be configured with a first valuefor a maximum number of PDSCHs (or time domain resources) for amulti-PDSCH scheduling for the cell. The wireless device may beconfigured with a second value for a maximum number of PDSCHs of a SPSPDSCH configuration for the cell. The second value may be determinedbased on the first value when the second value is not configured. Thesecond value may be configured independently or jointly with the firstvalue. The first value may be used for a DCI scheduling resources of thecell dynamically (e.g., non-SPS configuration). The second value may beused for a second DCI activating one or more SPS configuration of thecell.

The wireless device may determine one or more DL slots based on a k1value and a maximum number of PDSCHs. The wireless device may determinea union of the one or more DL slots for each k1 value of one or more k1values. The wireless device may determine one or more combined DL slotsthat are union of the one or more DL slots for all k1 values configuredfor an active BWP of the cell.

FIG. 41 illustrates an example embodiment of DL slot determination asper an aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 41 showsa similar scenario to FIG. 40, where three k1 values (T0, T1 and T2) areconfigured and a PUCCH resource occurs in a slot S4.

Four SPS PDSCHs may be scheduled based on an activation DCI and a SPSconfiguration. The wireless device may determine one or more first DLslots based on a first k1 value (e.g., T0) and a maximum number ofPDSCHs (e.g., maximum number of schedulable PDSCHs by a DCI based on amulti-PDSCH scheduling). In the example, the maximum number of PDSCHsschedulable by a DCI is considered as 4. The wireless device maydetermine a slot S3 as a first DL slot based on the slot S4 and T0offset (e.g., T0=1).

The wireless device may determine one or more DL slots based on thefirst DL slot and the maximum number of PDSCHs. For example, thewireless device may determine one or more slots occurring before thefirst DL slot up to the maximum number of PDSCHs as the one or more DLslots (e.g., slot S3-1, slot S3-2, . . . slot S3-M−1, where M is themaximum number of schedulable PDSCHs). The wireless device may determineslot S0 (S3-3), S1 (S3-2), S1 (S3-1) as DL slots in addition to the slotS3.

Similarly, for T1 value (e.g., T1=3), the wireless device may determinea second DL slot based on the T1 value. The second DL slot is a slot S1.The wireless device may determine one or more additional DL slots basedon the second DL slot and the maximum number of schedulable PDSCHs. Thewireless device may determine a slot S6 (a slot occurring M−1 slotsbefore the second slot), a slot S7 (a slot occurring M−2 slots beforethe second slot), and a slot S0 as additional DL slots. The slot S6, S7,S0 and S1 may be determined for DL slots based on the T1 value.

For T2 value (e.g., T2=4), the wireless device may determine a slot S5,a slot S6, a slot S7 and a slot S0 as DL slots.

The wireless device may combine one or more DL slots of each k1 value.The wireless device may determine slot S5 to slot S3 as DL slots basedon the combining.

The wireless device may determine one or more HARQ-ACK bits for each SPSPDSCH of the four SPS PDSCHs, wherein the each SPS PDSCH overlaps with aDL slot of the one or more DL slots. For example, in FIG. 41, thewireless device may determine a HARQ-ACK bit for each SPS PDSCH as theeach SPS PDSCH overlaps with a DL slot. The wireless device maydetermine a HARQ-ACK bit for a SPS PDSCH in response to the SPS PDSCHcomprising a transport block. The wireless device may determine twoHARQ-ACK bits for a SPS PDSCH in response to the SPS PDSCH comprisingtwo transport blocks (e.g., without multiplexing HARQ-ACK bits). Thewireless device may determine one HARQ-ACK bit for one or more SPSPDSCHs in response to the one or more SPS PDSCHs comprising a transportblock (e.g., based on a repetition).

The wireless device may generate a HARQ-ACK codebook comprising HARQ-ACKbits of the four SPS PDSCHs. The wireless device may transmit theHARQ-ACK codebook via the PUCCH resource.

In an example, the maximum number of schedulable PDSCHs may bedetermined as a largest value among one or more maximum number ofschedulable PDSCHs of one or more SPS configurations of a cell.

In an example, a wireless device may determine one or more DL slots, fora PUCCH resource, based on one or more k1 values and Ni (e.g., a numberof SPS PDSCHs) of i-th interval/period based on a SPS configuration.

The wireless device may determine/combine each of one or more DL slotsof a SPS configuration of a cell. For example, when the cell isconfigured with a plurality of SPS configurations, where a plurality ofSPS PDSCHs based on the plurality of SPS configurations may correspondto a PUCCH resource. The wireless device may determine one or morecombined DL slots that comprise a set of DL slots determined for a SPSconfiguration of the cell.

For example, based on FIG. 41, the wireless device may determine DLslots based on the T0 value and a number of scheduled SPS PDSCHs in aninterval/period. For example, when two SPS PDSCHs are scheduled in aninterval/period, the wireless device may determine a slot S2 and a slotS3 as DL slots based on the T0. The wireless device may determine a slotS0 and a slot S1 as DL slots based on the T1. The wireless device maydetermine a slot S7 and a slot S0 as DL slots based on the T2. Thewireless device may determine slot S7-S3 as DL slots based on acombination of all DL slots of all offset (k1) values.

In an example, a wireless device may determine one or more DL slots of aSPS configuration, for a PUCCH resource, based on a k1 value and Ni(e.g., a number of SPS PDSCHs) of i-th interval/period based on the SPSconfiguration. The k1 value may be indicated by an activation DCI of theSPS configuration. The wireless device may use the one or more DL slotsto determine one or more HARQ-ACK bits for the SPS configuration via thePUCCH resource.

The wireless device may determine one or more second DL slots of asecond SPS configuration for the PUCCH resource, based on a second k1value and a second Nj (e.g., a number of SPS PDSCHs) of j-thinterval/period based on the second SPS configuration. For example, thewireless device may determine one or more second HARQ-ACK bits of thesecond SPS configuration based on the one or more second DL slots.

In an example, the wireless device may combine the one or more first DLslots and the one or more second DL slots as one or more combined DLslots. The wireless device may determine one or more HARQ-ACK bits ofone or more SPS PDSCHs based on the one or more combined DL slots.

FIG. 42 illustrates an example embodiment of DL slot determination asper an aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure. For example, awireless device may be configured with a first SPS configuration (SPS 1)for a first cell. The wireless device may be configured with a secondSPS configuration (SPS 2) for a second cell. The first cell may be sameas the second cell. The first cell may be different from the secondcell. The wireless device may determine four SPS PDSCH receptions basedon the first SPS configuration, wherein feedback timing of the four SPSPDSCH receptions is a PUCCH resource in a slot S4.

The wireless device may determine two SPS PDSCH receptions based on thesecond SPS configuration, wherein feedback timing of the two SPS PDSCHreceptions is the PUCCH resource in the slot S4.

The wireless device may determine one or more first DL slots for thefirst SPS configuration based on a first k1 value and a Ni (a number ofSPS PDSCHs in i-th interval/period) of the first SPS configuration. Forexample, FIG. 42 shows a number of SPS PDSCHs, Ni, is 4 and a value ofk1 is T0 (e.g., 1). The wireless device may determine a slot S0, a slotS1, a slot S2 and a slot S3 as Dl slots for the first SPS configuration.For example, k1 value may refer a PDSCH-to-HARQ_feedback timing/offset(e.g., a gap between PDSCH to PUCCH resource). For example, Ni value mayrefer a number of SPS PDSCHs in an i-th interval/period of the SPSconfiguration.

The wireless device may determine one or more second DL slots for thesecond SPS configuration based on a second k1 value and a Nj (a numberof SPS PDSCHs in j-th interval/period) of the second SPS configuration.For example, Nj is 2 in FIG. 42. A value of second k1 value is T2 (e.g.,4). The wireless device may determine a slot S7 and a slot S0 as DLslots.

The wireless device may determine one or more HARQ-ACK bits, of a PDSCHof one or more first SPS PDSCHs of the first SPS configuration, based onthe one or more first DL slots. The one or more first SPS PDSCHs maycomprise four SPS PDSCHs in FIG. 42. The wireless device may determinefour HARQ-ACK bits for four SPS PDSCHs.

The wireless device may determine one or more second HARQ-ACK bits, of aPDSCH of one or more second SPS PDSCHs of the second SPS configuration,based on the one or more second DL slots. For example, FIG. 42 showsthat the one or more second SPS PDSCHs comprise two SPS PDSCHs. Thewireless device may determine two HARQ-ACK bits for two SPS PDSCHs.

The wireless device may concatenate the four HARQ-ACK bits and the twoHARQ-ACK bits based on an order (e.g., based on a cell index and/or aSPS index). The wireless device may transmit concatenated HARQ-ACK bitsvia the PUCCH resource.

The wireless device may determine the one or more DL slots for each SPSconfiguration of a cell. The wireless device may determine the one ormore DL slots for each cell regardless of a number of SPS configurationsfor the each cell.

The wireless device may determine the one or more DL slots for ascheduled cell.

In an example, a wireless device may determine one or more DL slotsbased on example embodiments shown in FIG. 40 (e.g., based on one ormore k1 values). The wireless device may be configured with a SPSconfiguration for a cell. The wireless device may receive a DCIactivating the SPS configuration. The DCI may be based on a multi-PDSCHscheduling. The DCI may be based on a multi-PDSCH DCI format. Themulti-PDSCH DCI format may comprise/indicate a plurality of NDI bits,where each bit of the plurality of NDI bits corresponds to a PDSCH or atransport block.

The DCI may schedule one or more time domain resources, where each timedomain resource (e.g., a slot, a SLIV, a set of {slot offset, SLIV})corresponds to a SPS PDSCH of first SPS PDSCH reception(s). The DCI mayschedule the first SPS PDSCH receptions(s) (one or more first SPSPDSCHs).

For example, the DCI may indicate a k1 offset (PDSCH-to-HARQ). Thewireless device may determine a PUCCH resource for the first SPS PDSCHreception(s) based on last SPS PDCH of the first SPS PDSCH receptionsand the k1 offset.

The wireless device may determine one or more i-th SPS PDSCHs (i-th SPSPDSCH receptions) based on the one or more time domain resources and aperiodicity of the SPS configuration. The wireless device may determineone or more i-th time domain resources, where each of the one or morei-th time domain resources occur (i−1)*P slots/units after each of theone or more time domain resources.

The wireless device may determine one or more i-th SPS PDSCHs based onthe one or more i-th time domain resources and slot formationinformation of one or more slots overlapping with the one or more i-thtime domain resources.

The wireless device may determine a second SPS PDSCH of the one or morei-th SPS PDSCHs, wherein the second SPS PDSCH is latest SPS PDSCH of theone or more i-th SPS PDSCHs. The wireless device may determine a secondPUCCH resource for the one or more i-th SPS PDSCHs based on the secondSPS PDSCH and the k1 offset.

For example, a slot of the second PCCH may occur after the k1 offset ofa first slot of the second SPS PDSCH.

The wireless device may determine one or more DL slots based on one ormore k1 offset values configured for an active BWP of a cell. The cellmay be configured with the SPS configuration. The cell may be configuredwith a multi-PDSCH scheduling.

For each of DL slot of the one or more DL slots, the wireless device maydetermine whether a last SPS PDSCH, of one or more i-th SPS PDSCHs, isscheduled.

The wireless device may determine one or more HARQ-ACK bits for the oneor more i-th SPS PDSCHs in response to the last SPS PDSCH of the one ormore i-th SPS PDSCHs overlapping with a DL slot. Each of the one or moreHARQ-ACK bits may correspond to each SPS PDSCH of the one or more i-thSPS PDSCHs.

For example, for the last SPS PDSCH in a slot/unit X, the wirelessdevice may determine a second slot/unit X-M, where M is a maximum numberof schedulable PDSCHs based on a multi-PDSCH scheduling.

For each slot/unit between [the second slot/unit X-M, X], the wirelessdevice may determine a HARQ-ACK bit in response to a SPS PDSCH isscheduled in each slot/unit. Otherwise, the wireless device may skip theeach slot/unit.

For example, for the last SPS PDSCH in a slot/unit X, the wirelessdevice may determine a second slot/unit X-Ni, where Ni is a number ofscheduled PDSCHs in i-th interval/period of the SPS configuration.

For each slot/unit between [the second slot/unit X-Ni, X], the wirelessdevice may determine a HARQ-ACK bit in response to a SPS PDSCH isscheduled in each slot/unit. Otherwise, the wireless device may skip theeach slot/unit.

The wireless device may generate one or more HARQ-ACK bits based onascending or descending order of slot/unit index. Based on ascendingorder, a first HARQ-ACK bit (e.g., an earliest HARQ-ACK bit) maycorrespond to a PDSCH in the second slot/unit (e.g., first slot/unit ofthe one or more i-th time resources or the one or more i-th SPS PDSCHs).Based on descending order, a first HARQ-ACK bit (e.g., the earliestHARQ-ACK bit) may correspond to the last SPS PDSCH of the one or morei-th SPS PDSCHs.

In an example, the wireless device may determine a last SPS PDSCHreception or a last SPS PDSCH based on one or more i-th time domainresources. For example, the wireless device may determine the one ormore i-th time domain resources based on the one or more first timedomain resources (indicated by the DCI) and the periodicity of the SPSconfiguration. The wireless device may determine each of the one or morei-th time domain resources corresponds to each SPS PDSCH of the one ormore i-th SPS PDSCHs. The wireless device may determine a SPS PDSCH ofthe one or more i-th SPS PDSCHs is skipped in response to acorresponding time resource of the SPS PDSCH overlapping with uplinksymbol(s)/resources.

The wireless device may determine the last SPS PDSCH (e.g., latest SPSPDSCH) of the one or more i-th SPS PDSCH is skipped. The wireless devicemay determine the last SPS PDSCH among one or more SPS PDSCHs that arenot skipped. The wireless device may determine the last SPS PDSCH amongone or more SPS PDSCHs regardless of skipped or not.

For a HARQ-ACK determination, the wireless device may determine the lastSPS PDSCH of the one or more i-th SPS PDSCH based on the one or morei-th time domain resources regardless of whether the last SPS PDSCH hasbeen skipped/ignored/dropped or not.

FIG. 43 illustrates an example embodiment of generating HARQ-ACK bitsfor a SPS configuration as per an aspect of an embodiment of the presentdisclosure.

For example, the wireless device is configured with a SPS configuration.The wireless device may be configured/indicated with a maximum number(M) of PDSCHs scheduled by a DCI based on a multi-PDSCH scheduling. TheM may be set to 5 in the example. The wireless device may determine aPUCCH resource in a slot S4. The wireless device may be configured withk1 values (T0, T1, and T2) as in FIG. 40.

The wireless device may determine DL slots based on k1 values and theslot S4. The wireless device may determine slot S3, S1 and S0 as DLslots for the S4 PUCCH resource.

For each DL slot of the DL slots, the wireless device may determinewhether there is a last SPS PDSCH of one or more i-th SPS PDSCHs. Theone or more i-th SPS PDSCHs may comprise a SPS PDSCH occurring in i-thinterval/period of the SPS configuration. For example, based on anactivation DCI of the SPS configuration, the wireless device maydetermine one or more i-th time domain resources based on the activationDCI and a periodicity of the SPS configuration.

For example, the wireless device may determine four time domainresources (#0, #1, #2 and #3 in FIG. 43). The wireless device maydetermine one or more valid SPS PDSCHs based on the one or more i-thtime domain resources and slot formation information. For example, thewireless device may determine a SPS PDSCH #3 (e.g., first SPS PDSCH,earliest SPS PDSCH), a SPS PDSCH #1 and a SPS PDSCH #0 (e.g., last SPSPDSCH, latest SPS PDSCH) as valid SPS PDSCHs.

For example, the wireless device may determine the SPS PDSCH #0 as thelast SPS PDSCH of the one or more i-th SPS PDSCHs. The wireless devicemay determine one or more HARQ-ACK bits based on the last SPS PDSCH anda maximum number of schedulable PDSCHs (or Ni).

For example, the wireless device may determine a HARQ-ACK bit for avalid SPS PDSCH between a first time (e.g., a first slot/time domainresource) and a second time (e.g., a second slot/time domain resource).For example, the second slot/time domain resource may be a time domainresource for the last SPS PDSCH. The first slot/time domain resource maybe a time domain resource determined based on the first slot/time domainresource and the maximum number of PDSCHs or the Ni. For example, FIG.43 illustrates a SPS PDSCH #4 (or a time domain resource #4) may be thefirst slot/time domain resource.

The wireless device may determine a first HARQ-ACK bit for the SPS PDSCH#3. The wireless device may determine a second HARQ-ACK bit for the SPSPDSCH #1. The wireless device may determine a third HARQ-ACK bit for thelast SPS PDSCH regardless of whether the last SPS PDSCH is valid or not.

The wireless device may determine HARQ-ACK bits based on areceived/scheduled timing (e.g., earlier SPS PDSCH is placed earlier) ora slot index. For example, the SPS PDSCH #3 (the first SPS PDSCH) may beplaced first. The SPS PDSCH #1 (a next SPS PDSCH) may be placed next.The SPS PDSCH #0 (the last SPS PDSCH) may be placed in last. The ordermay be reverse (e.g., the last SPS PDSCH first and the first SPS PDSCHlast).

The wireless device may not transmit/generate a HARQ-ACK bit for thelast SPS PDSCH when the last SPS PDSCH is not valid. The wireless devicemay not transmit a HARQ-ACK bit #0 in FIG. 34.

A number of HARQ-ACK bits of i-th interval/period of the SPSconfiguration may be equal to Ni. The Ni may be determined based on oneor more example embodiments in the specification.

In an example, a number (M) of HARQ-ACK bits for a SPS configuration maybe configured by RRC/MAC-CE/DCI signaling.

For example, the M may be smaller than a number (N) of SPS PDSCHreceptions mapping to a PUCCH resource. The wireless device may need toaggregate HARQ-ACK bits for one or more SPS PDSCHs, when N is largerthan M. The N may be a number of transport blocks scheduled via the oneor more SPS PDSCHs. The N may be a number of time domain resources forthe one or more SPS PDSCHs. The N may be a number HARQ-ACK bits for theone or more SPS PDSCHs before aggregation.

FIG. 44 illustrates an example of a HARQ-ACK aggregation as per anaspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure.

The base station may schedule a multi-PDSCH DCI (e.g., an activationDCI) in a slot n via a first cell (e.g., cell 0). The multi-PDSCH DCImay activate a SPS configuration. The multi-PDSCH DCI may schedule Nfirst SPS PDSCHs (e.g., PDSCH #1, . . . , PDSCH #K) via a TDRA entry ofa TDRA table. For example, the TDRA entry may indicate K time domainresources, where each time domain resource of the K time domainresources may map to at most one PDSCH of the N PDSCHs. For example, Nmay be smaller than or equal to K. For example, the wireless device mayexclude one or more skipped SPS PDSCHs (e.g., invalid SPS PDSCHs). Forexample, the wireless device may determine a SPS PDSCH is skipped thatis scheduled via the slot n+p+1. The wireless device may not count theSPS PDSCH for the N SPS PDSCHs.

For example, N may be larger than M.

When N is larger than M, the wireless device may aggregate HARQ-ACK bitsfor N SPS PDSCHs based on one or more following rules. For example, thewireless device may sequentially map from first bit of M-bits to lastbit of M-bits to first valid SPS PDSCH (e.g., non-skipped SPS PDSCH, anearliest non-skipped SPS PDSCH) to M-th valid SPS PDSCH. The wirelessdevice may drop HARQ-ACK bit(s) for remaining valid SPS PDSCHs.

For example, the wireless device may determine S=ceil (N/M). Thewireless device may determine a HARQ-ACK bits for each S SPS PDSCHssequentially. For example, HARQ-ACK bits for 1^(st) SPS PDSCH, . . . ,S-th SPS PDSCH are aggregated to a single HARQ-ACK bit (e.g., firstbit). The wireless device may determine the single HARQ-ACK bit based on“AND” operation or based on “OR” operation. For example, when “AND”operation is used, ACK is reported when all SPS PDSCHs are receivedcorrectly/successfully. For example, when “OR” operation is used, ACK isreported when any SPS PDSCH is received correctly/successfully. Thewireless device may determine second HARQ-ACK bit for S+1-th PDSCH to2*S-th PDSCH. The wireless device may determine I-th HARQ-ACK bit forS*(I-1)-th PDSCH to S*I-th PDSCH.

For example, the wireless device may determine M−1 HARQ-ACK bits, whereeach HARQ-ACK bit corresponds to first valid SPS PDSCH to M−1-th validSPS PDSCH. The wireless device may aggregate and generate a singleHARQ-Ack bits for remaining SPS PDSCHs (e.g., M-th valid SPS PDSCH toN-th valid SPS PDSCH). FIG. 42 illustrates the example. Each valid PDSCHmay map to each bit of M-bits until M−1-th valid SPS PDSCH (shownbetween PDSCH #4 to PDSCH #K). The wireless device may aggregate M-thvalid SPS PDSCH to N-th valid SPS PDSCH (e.g., PDSCH #K) to a single bitmapping to the last bit of the M-bits. The wireless device may transmitthe M-bits via the second HARQ-ACK sub-codebook.

For example, M may be predetermined as 1 for a SPS configuration.

For example, M may be configured for a SPS configuration.

For example, M may be set to a maximum number of PDSCHs schedulable by aDCI across one or more serving cells. For each serving cell, Mc may bedetermined where Mc may represent a number of maximum PDSCHs schedulableby a single DCI for the each serving cell. M may be determined as alargest value of one or more Mc values.

In an example, a wireless device may be configured with a plurality ofSPS configurations for a cell. For a PUCCH resource, the wireless devicemay determine a plurality of HARQ-ACK bits of the plurality of SPSconfigurations. For example, the plurality of SPS configurations maycomprise a first SPS configuration and a second SPS configuration.

For example, the first SPS configuration may be activated by a first DCIbased on a fallback DCI format or a single-PDSCH DCI format. Thewireless device may determine a single SPS PDSCH reception in eachinterval/period of the first SPS configuration.

For example, the second SPS configuration may be activated by a secondDCI based on a multi-PDSCH DCI format. The wireless device may determineone or more SPS PDSCH receptions in each interval/period of the secondSPS configuration.

The wireless device may determine a first HARQ-ACK bit for the first SPSconfiguration.

The wireless device may determine one or more second HARQ-ACK bits forthe one or more first SPS PDSCH receptions of the second SPSconfiguration.

In an example, the wireless device may append the one or more secondHARQ-ACK bits to the first HARQ-ACK bit. The wireless device mayprioritize a SPS configuration (or place HARQ-ACK bit earlier) activatedbased on a fallback DCI format or a single-PDSCH DCI format.

In an example, the wireless device may place the one or more secondHARQ-ACK bits before the first HARQ-ACK bit in response to a first indexof the first SPS configuration being smaller than a second index of thesecond SPS configuration.

In an example, the wireless device may append the first HARQ-ACK bit toa first HARQ-ACK sub-codebook (e.g., for a TB-based single-PDSCHtransmission). The wireless device may append the one or more secondHARQ-ACK bits to a third (or second) HARQ-ACK sub-codebook that is usedfor a multi-PDSCH scheduling.

In an example, the wireless device may be configured with a third SPSconfiguration for the cell.

For example, the third SPS configuration may be activated by a third DCIbased on a multi-PDSCH DCI format. The wireless device may determine oneor more second SPS PDSCH receptions in each interval/period of the thirdSPS configuration.

The wireless device may determine one or more third HARQ-ACK bits forthe one or more second SPS PDSCH receptions of the third SPSconfiguration.

In an example, the wireless device may place the one or more secondHARQ-ACK bits before the one or more third HARQ-ACK bit in response tothe first index of the first SPS configuration being smaller than athird index of the second SPS configuration.

In an example, the wireless device may determine an order of HARQ-ACKbits of a plurality of SPS configurations based on a slot index. When aplurality of SPS PDSCH receptions may be scheduled in a slot, thewireless device may order the plurality of SPS PDSCH receptions in anorder of index(es) of corresponding SPS configurations. A SPS PDSCHreception with lower slot index (or earlier slot) may be placed before asecond SPS PDSCH reception with higher slot index (or later slot). A SPSPDSCH reception with higher slot index (or later slot) may be placedbefore a second SPS PDSCH reception with lower slot index (or earlierslot). A SPS PDSCH reception with lower SPS configuration index may beplaced earlier than a second SPS PDSCH reception with higher SPSconfiguration index.

The wireless device may generate a SPS HARQ-ACK sub-codebook for one ormore SPS configurations of one or more serving cells. For example, theone or more SPS configurations may comprise a SPS configurationactivated by a DCI based on a multi-PDSCH DCI scheduling. The one ormore SPS configurations may not comprise a second SPS configurationactivated by a DCI based on a single-PDSCH DCI scheduling/format. Forexample, the one or more SPS configurations may comprise a SPSconfiguration of a serving cell regardless of a single-PDSCH DCI formator a multi-PDSCH DCI format is used for an activation of the SPSconfiguration.

In an example, the one or more serving cells may comprise a serving cellconfigured with a multi-PDSCH scheduling. The one or more serving cellsmay not comprise a second serving cell not configured with a multi-PDSCHscheduling. A numerology of the one or more serving cells may notcomprise 480 kHz nor 960 kHz.

In another example, the one or more serving cells may comprise a servingcell regardless of configuration of a multi-PDSCH scheduling.

The wireless device may determine one or more HARQ-ACK bits for one ormore SPS PDSCH receptions of the one or more SPS configurations.Feedback timing of the one or more SPS PDSCH receptions may determine aPUCCH resource for the one or more SPS PDSCH receptions. The wirelessdevice may determine an order of the one or more HARQ-ACK bits based oncell index(es) of the one or more serving cells and/or indexes of theone or more SPS configurations and/or slot/unit index(es) of the one ormore SPS PDSCH receptions. For example, the wireless device may placeone or more first SPS configurations with a lower cell indexed cellbefore one or more second SPS configurations with a higher cell indexedcell. For example, the wireless device may place one or more first SPSPDSCHs with a lower index of a first SPS configuration before one ormore second SPS PDSCHs with a higher index of a second SPSconfiguration.

For example, the wireless device may place a first HARQ-ACK bit for afirst SPS PDSCH before a second SPS PDSCH where the first SPS PDSCHoccurs before a second SPS PDSCH.

The wireless device may determine a first SPS HARQ-ACK sub-codebook forone or more first SPS configurations of one or more first serving cells.The one or more first SPS configurations may be activated based on asingle-PDSCH DCI format or a fallback DCI format. The one or more firstserving cells may not be configured with a multi-PDSCH scheduling.

A numerology of the one or more first serving cells may not comprise 480kHz nor 960 kHz.

The one or more second SPS configurations may be activated based on amulti-PDSCH DCI format. The one or more second serving cells may beconfigured with a multi-PDSCH scheduling.

A numerology of the one or more second serving cells may comprise 480kHz nor 960 kHz.

In an example, the wireless device may determine the first SPS HARQ-ACKsub-codebook for one or more SPS configurations of any serving cell.

In an example, the wireless device may determine the second SPS HARQ-ACKsub-codebook for one or more SPS configurations of any serving cell.

The wireless device may generate the first SPS HARQ-ACK sub-codebookand/or the second SPS HARQ-ACK sub-codebook based on one or more exampleorders in the specification.

The wireless device may append the first SPS HARQ-ACK sub-codebook tothe first HARQ-ACK sub-codebook. The wireless device may generate thefirst HARQ-ACK sub-codebook for one or more PDSCHs scheduled based on aTB-based scheduling (e.g., non-CBG) and a single-PDSCH DCI scheduling.

The wireless device may append the first SPS HARQ-ACK sub-codebook tothe second HARQ-ACK sub-codebook. The wireless device may generate thesecond HARQ-ACK sub-codebook for one or more PDSCHs scheduled based on aCBG-based scheduling and a single-PDSCH DCI scheduling. The wirelessdevice may generate the second HARQ-ACK sub-codebook for one or morePDSCHs scheduled based on a TB-based scheduling (e.g., non-CBG) and amulti-PDSCH DCI scheduling. The wireless device may append the first SPSHARQ-ACK sub-codebook to the second HARQ-ACK sub-codebook in response toany serving cell being configured with a CBG transmission.

The wireless device may append the first SPS HARQ-ACK sub-codebook tothe third HARQ-ACK sub-codebook. The wireless device may generate thethird HARQ-ACK sub-codebook for one or more PDSCHs scheduled based on amulti-PDSCH DCI scheduling.

The wireless device may append the second SPS HARQ-ACK sub-codebook tothe first HARQ-ACK sub-codebook.

The wireless device may append the second SPS HARQ-ACK sub-codebook tothe second HARQ-ACK sub-codebook. The wireless device may append thesecond SPS HARQ-ACK sub-codebook to the second HARQ-ACK sub-codebook inresponse to any serving cell being configured with a CBG transmission.

The wireless device may append the second SPS HARQ-ACK sub-codebook tothe third HARQ-ACK sub-codebook.

The wireless device may generate a separate HARQ-ACK codebook (e.g.,independent from PDSCH(s) scheduled dynamically) comprising at least oneof the first SPS HARQ-ACK sub-codebook and the second SPS HARQ-ACKsub-codebook.

The wireless device may determine one or more HARQ-ACK bits for the SPSconfiguration based on example embodiments in the specification when thewireless device is configured with a dynamic HARQ-ACK codebookdetermination (e.g., Type-2 HARQ-ACK codebook determination).

A wireless device may determine first HARQ-ACK information bits inresponse to more than one SPS PDSCH receptions of one or more first SPSconfigurations that the wireless device is configured to receive. Thefirst HARQ-ACK information bits may be ordered based on the examplepseudo code in FIG. 39. The wireless device may determine secondHARQ-ACK information bits in response to more than one SPS PDSCHreceptions of one or more second SPS configurations that the wirelessdevice is configured to receive. The second HARQ-ACK information bitsmay be ordered based on the example pseudo code shown in FIG. 39 or FIG.45.

For example, when the wireless device is configured to receive SPS PDSCHand the wireless device multiplexes HARQ-ACK information for oneactivated SPS PDSCH reception in the PUCCH in slot n, the wirelessdevice may generate one HARQ-ACK information bit associated with the SPSPDSCH reception and appends it to the O^(ACK) HARQ-ACK information bits(e.g., a HARQ-ACK codebook of dynamic scheduling based PDSCH(s)).

If a wireless device is configured to receive SPS PDSCH and the wirelessdevice multiplexes HARQ-ACK information for one or more SPS PDSCHreceptions of one activated SPS PDSCH configuration in the PUCCH in slotn, the wireless device generates one HARQ-ACK information bit associatedwith the SPS PDSCH reception and appends it to the O^(ACK) HARQ-ACKinformation bits.

If a wireless device is configured to receive SPS PDSCH and the wirelessdevice multiplexes HARQ-ACK information for multiple SPS PDSCHreceptions of one or more activated SPS PDSCH configurations in thePUCCH in slot n, the UE generates the HARQ-ACK information as describedin FIG. 39 or FIG. 45 and appends it to the O^(ACK) HARQ-ACK informationbits.

In an example, a location in the Type-1 HARQ-ACK codebook for HARQ-ACKinformation corresponding to a single SPS PDSCH release is same as for acorresponding SPS PDSCH reception. A location in the Type-1 HARQ-ACKcodebook for HARQ-ACK information corresponding to multiple SPS PDSCHreleases by a single DCI format may be same as for a corresponding SPSPDSCH reception with the lowest SPS configuration index among themultiple SPS PDSCH releases.

The corresponding SPS PDSCH reception may be a last SPS PDSCH of one ormore SPS PDSCHs that are configured to receive based on the SPSconfiguration with the lowest SPS configuration index, excluding SPSPDSCH(s)s that are not required to be received in any slot amongoverlapping the one or more SPS PDSCHs or based on a wireless devicecapability for a number of PDSCH receptions in a slot, or due tooverlapping with a set of symbols indicated as uplink bytdd-UL-DL-ConfigurationCommon or by tdd-UL-DL-ConfigurationDedicated.

The corresponding SPS PDSCH reception may be a last SPS PDSCH of one ormore SPS PDSCHs that are configured to receive, based on the SPSconfiguration with the lowest SPS configuration index.

A location in the Type-1 HARQ-ACK codebook for HARQ-ACK informationcorresponding to a single SPS PDSCH release may be same as for acorresponding SPS PDSCH reception. A location in the Type-1 HARQ-ACKcodebook for HARQ-ACK information corresponding to multiple SPS PDSCHreleases by a single-PDSCH DCI format may be same as for a correspondingSPS PDSCH reception with the lowest SPS configuration index among themultiple SPS PDSCH releases. A location in the Type-1 HARQ-ACK codebookfor HARQ-ACK information corresponding to multiple SPS PDSCH releases bya multi-PDSCH DCI format may be same as for the PDCCH monitoringoccasion of the SPS PDSCH release.

If the wireless device reports HARQ-ACK information for the PDSCHreception in a slot other than slot n+k0+k, . . . , n+km+k where k0, . .. km maps/corresponds to a slot of a multi-PDSCH DCI schedulingresources.

If the wireless device reports HARQ-ACK information for the one or morePDSCH receptions, of a DCI format or a SPS PDSCH reception, in a slotother than slot n+k, where the slot n is determined based on a lastPDSCH of the one or more PDSCH receptions, the wireless device may set avalue for each corresponding HARQ-ACK information bit to NACK.

FIG. 45 illustrates an example pseudo code as per an aspect of anembodiment of the present disclosure.

For example, a wireless device may determine one or more serving cellsconfigured with a SPS configuration. The one or more serving cells maybe configured with a multi-PDSCH scheduling. The one or more servingcells may comprise a serving cell configured to the wireless device. Thewireless device may determine one or more SPS configurations configuredfor the one or more serving cells.

The wireless device may order the one or more serving cells based oncell index(es) of the one or more serving cells. For example, thewireless device may order the one or more serving cells in ascendingorder based on the cell index(es).

For each serving cell (Ci) of the one or more serving cells, thewireless device may determine one or more SPS configurations for theeach serving cell. The wireless device may order the one or more SPSconfigurations based on ascending order of index(es) of the one or moreSPS configurations.

For a SPS configuration, based on the ascending order, the wirelessdevice may determine one or more HARQ-ACK bits.

For the SPS configuration, for each DL slot starting from a lowest slotindexed DL slot to a highest slot indexed DL slot, the wireless devicemay determine whether a last SPS PDSCH is scheduled via each DL slot.

For example, the last SPS PDSCH may refer a latest (or last) SPS PDSCH,of one or more SPS PDSCHs or one or more SPS PDSCH receptions, in i-thinterval/period of the SPS configuration.

When the last SPS PDSCH is scheduled (e.g., resource is determinedregardless of whether the last SPS PDSCH is valid or invalid), thewireless device may determine the one or more SPS PDSCHs of the i-thinterval/period.

The wireless device may determine a number of the one or more SPSPDSCHs.

The wireless device may determine a number of valid SPS PDSCH(s) of theone or more SPS PDSCHs.

The wireless device may determine a number (O) of HARQ-ACK bits equal tothe number of the valid SPS PDSCH(s) or the one or more SPS PDSCHs.

The wireless device may generate O number of HARQ-ACK bits based onascending order of receiving time/slot index of each PDSCH.

The wireless device may increment j (a total number of HARQ-ACK bits) byO.

The wireless device may move to a next DL slot.

The wireless device may complete the SPS configuration.

The wireless device may move a next SPS configuration and repeat theprocess.

The wireless device may complete the serving cell.

The wireless device may move to a next serving cell and repeat theprocess.

FIG. 46 shows an example embodiment of a HARQ-ACK sub-codebook as per anaspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure.

The wireless device may be configured with a first cell (cell 0), asecond cell (cell 1) and a third cell (cell 2). The wireless device maybe configured with a SPS configuration via the first cell. The wirelessdevice may be configured with a multi-PDSCH scheduling for the firstcell and the second cell. The wireless device may be configured with aCBG transmission for the third cell.

The wireless device may receive a first DCI (M-DCI) scheduling resourcesfor Q PDSCHs. The first DCI may indicate a counter-DAI=0 and atotal-DAI=Q−1. The wireless device may receive a second DCI (M CBG)scheduling M CBGs via a PDSCH. The second DCI may indicate acounter-DAI=0 and a total-DAI=0.

The wireless device may determine M HARQ-ACK bits for a second HARQ-ACKsub-codebook based on the second DCI.

The wireless device may determine Q HARQ-ACK bits for a third HARQ-ACKsub-codebook based on the first DCI.

The wireless device may determine P HARQ-ACK bits for the SPSconfiguration, where P SPS PDSCHs are scheduled based on an activationDCI and the SPS configuration mapping to a PUCCH resource.

The wireless device may append the P HARQ-ACK bits to the third HARQ-ACKsub-codebook. The wireless device may append the third HARQ-ACKsub-codebook to the second HARQ-ACK sub-codebook.

The wireless device may transmit the appended second HARQ-ACKsub-codebook via the PUCCH resource.

FIG. 47 illustrates an example of HARQ-ACK bits of a SPS configurationas per an aspect of an embodiment of the present disclosure.

For example, a wireless device may be configured with a TDRA tablecomprising three TDRA entries. The wireless device may be configuredwith a SPS configuration. The wireless device may receive a DCIactivating the SPS configuration. The DCI may indicate a TDRA entry withindex 1. The wireless device may determine three PDSCHs are scheduled ineach interval/period based on three time domain resources beingindicated in the TDRA entry.

The wireless device may determine a first PDSCH (PDSCH #1) mapping in aslot n. The wireless device may determine a second PDSCH (PDSCH #2)mapping in a slot n+1. The wireless device may map a third PDSCH (PDSCH#3) mapping in a slot n+3.

The wireless device may map a fourth PDSCH (PDSCH #4), a fifth PDSCH(PDSCH #5) and a sixth PDSCH (PDSCH #6) in a second interval/period.

The wireless device may determine slot n+1, slot n+p+2 and slot n+p+3 asuplink slots. The wireless device may determine the second PDSCH, thesixth PDSCH are invalid as resources overlap with the uplink slots.

The wireless device may determine one or more HARQ-ACK bits for thefirst interval/period. The wireless device may determine three HARQ-ACKbits for three scheduled PDSCHs.

The wireless device may determine two HARQ-ACK bits for two validPDSCHs.

The wireless device may determine one or more second HARQ-ACK bits forthe second interval/period. The wireless device may determine three bitsfor three scheduled PDSCHs in the second interval/period. The wirelessdevice may determine two bits for two valid PDSCHs.

The wireless device may determine one or more second PDSCHs in thesecond interval/period based on the TDRA entry and a periodicity of theSPS configuration (e.g., occurring periodically).

FIG. 48 illustrates a flow diagram as per an aspect of an embodiment ofthe present disclosure.

The wireless device may be configured with a SPS configuration for acell. The cell may be configured with a multi-PDSCH scheduling. Thewireless device may receive an activation DCI for the SPS configuration.The activation DCI may indicate resources/slots for one or more PDSCHs.The activation DCI may indicate a timing offset for a PUCCH resource fora HARQ-ACK feedback.

The wireless device may determine a last SPS PDSCH of one or more SPSPDSCHs. The one or more SPS PDSCHs may comprise one or more SPS PDSCHsin each interval/period of the SPS configuration.

The wireless device may determine the PUCCH resource based on the lastSPS PDSCH.

The wireless device may determine the one or more SPS PDSCHs based onthe last SPS PDSCH and the activation DCI. For example, the activationDCI may indicate a time domain resource entry that may indicate one ormore time domain resources.

The wireless device may determine one or more HARQ-ACK bitscorresponding to the one or more SPS PDSCHs. The wireless device mayappend the one or more HARQ-ACK bits to a HARQ-ACK sub-codebook. Thewireless device may transmit the HARQ-ACK sub-codebook via the PUCCHresource.

In an example, a wireless device may determine a plurality of PUCCHresources for one or more PDSCHs scheduled/activated by a DCI based on amulti-PDSCH scheduling/format. For example, one or more first PDSCHs ofthe one or more PDSCHs may correspond to a first PUCCH resource of theplurality of PUCCH resources. One or more second PDSCHs of the one ormore PDSCHs may correspond to a second PUCCH resource.

For example, the one or more first PDSCHs may comprise first (e.g.,earliest) PDSCH of the one or more PDSCHs. When a number of the one ormore PDSCHs is N, the wireless device may determine ceil (N/2) number ofPDSCH(s), of the one or more PDSCHs, for the one or more first PDSCHs.The wireless device may determine remaining PDSCH(s), of the one or morePDSCHs, for the one or more second PDSCHs.

The wireless device may determine one or more i-th SPS PDSCHs for a SPSconfiguration. The one or more i-th SPS PDSCHs may be determined basedon a periodicity of the SPS configuration and one or more time domainresources indicated by an activation DCI. The wireless device maydetermine a plurality of PUCCH resources for the one or more i-th SPSPDSCHs. For example, the plurality of PUCCH resources may comprise afirst PUCCH resource for one or more first SPS PDSCHs and a second PUCCHresource for one or more second SPS PDSCHs. The one or more i-th SPSPDSCHs may be divided to the one or more first SPS PDSCHs and the one ormore second SPS PDSCHs based on a rule.

The wireless device may apply example embodiments in the specificationfor the one or more first PDSCHs via the first PUCCH resource. Thewireless device may apply example embodiments in the specification forthe one or more second PDSCHs via the second PUCCH resourceindependently.

In an example, a wireless device may receive configuration parametersfor a cell via RRC signalling. The configuration parameters may indicatea multi-physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) scheduling. A singledownlink control information (DCI) may schedule resources for one ormore transport blocks via one or more PDSCHs. The configurationparameters may indicate a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configurationwith a periodicity. The wireless device may receive a DCI, based on themulti-PDSCH scheduling, indicating activating the SPS configuration; oneor more first time domain resources for one or more first SPS PDSCHs,wherein each, of the one or more time domain resources, corresponds toeach of the one or more SPS PDSCHs; a downlink assignment index (DAI);and an offset to a hybrid-automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedbackresource.

The wireless device may determine one or more second time domainresources, for one or more second SPS PDSCHs, based on the one or morefirst time domain resources and the periodicity. The wireless device maydetermine a second HARQ feedback resource based on the one or moresecond SPS PDSCHs and the offset. The wireless device may determine oneor more downlink slots, for the second HARQ feedback resource, based onthe one or more second time domain resources. The wireless device maygenerate one or more HARQ bits based on the one or more downlink slotsand the one or more second SPS PDSCHs. The wireless device may transmitthe one or more HARQ bits via the second HARQ feedback resource.

In an embodiment, the wireless device may generate a HARQ-ACK codebookcomprising one or more HARQ-ACK bits for one or more downlink physicaldownlink channels (PDSCHs) scheduled by one or more DCIs comprising oneor more DAI values.

In an embodiment, the wireless device may append the one or more HARQbits to the HARQ-ACK codebook.

In an embodiment, the transmitting the one or more HARQ bits may be totransmit the HARQ-ACK codebook comprising the one or more HARQ bits.

In an embodiment, the DAI may be a counter DAI.

In an embodiment, the counter DAI may indicate a number of PDSCHsscheduled, by one or more DCIs, up to a current downlink monitoringoccasion of the cell for the HARQ feedback resource.

In an embodiment, the counter DAI may not indicate a number of SPSPDSCHs other than one or more first SPS PDSCHs.

In an embodiment, the configuration parameters may further indicate adynamic HARQ-ACK codebook determination mechanism. The wireless maydetermine a HARQ-ACK codebook based on one or more counter DAI values.

In an embodiment, the single DCI comprises a time domain resourceallocation field indicating an index to a time domain resourceallocation entry of a time domain resource allocation table.

In an embodiment, the time domain resource allocation entry may compriseone or more time domain resources of one or more slots.

In an embodiment, a time domain resource of the one or more time domainresources may correspond to a PDSCH of the one or more first SPS PDSCHs.

In an embodiment, the time domain resource may indicate a startingsymbol index and a length of the time domain resource.

In an embodiment, the time domain resource may further indicate a slotoffset.

In an embodiment, the wireless device may determine the DCI activatingthe SPS configuration in response to a first field of the DCI being setto a first predetermined value and a second field of the DCI being setto a second predetermined value.

In an embodiment, the first field may be a HARQ process identifier andthe first predetermined value may be zero.

In an embodiment, the second field may be a redundancy version and thesecond predetermined value may be zero.

In an embodiment, the offset may indicate a gap between last PDSCH ofthe one or more first SPS PDSCHs and the HARQ feedback resource. In anembodiment, the determining the second HARQ feedback resource may bebased on last PDSCH of the one or more second SPS PDSCHs and the offset.

In an embodiment, a slot of the second HARQ feedback may be after theoffset from a first slot of the last PDSCH.

In an embodiment, the last PDSCH may be a scheduled SPS PDSCH based onthe one or more second time domain resources.

In an embodiment, each of the one or more second time domain resourcesmay occur after the periodicity since each of the one or more first timedomain resources.

In an embodiment, the each of the one or more second time domainresources may correspond to each of the one or more second SPS PDSCHs.

In an embodiment, the wireless device may drop a SPS PDSCH, of the oneor more second SPS PDSCHs, in response to resource of the SPS PDSCHoverlapping with uplink resources.

In an embodiment, the wireless device may determine uplink resourcesbased on slot formation information configured by RRC signalling.

In an embodiment, the wireless device may not generate a HARQ bit forthe SPS PDSCH being dropped.

In an embodiment, the wireless device may generate a HARQ bit for asecond SPS PDSCH of the one or more second SPS PDSCHs. Resources of thesecond SPS PDSCH overlaps with non-uplink resources, based on the slotformation information.

In an embodiment, the configuration parameters may further indicate oneor more offset values for HARQ feedback. The one or more offset valuesmay comprise a value of the offset.

In an embodiment, the determining the one or more downlink slots may befurther based on the one or more offset values.

In an embodiment, the one or more downlink slots may comprise a firstslot occurring a first offset value, of the one or more offset values,before a second slot of the second HARQ feedback resource.

In an embodiment, the one or more downlink slots may comprise the firstslot for each value of the one or more offset values.

In an embodiment, the one or more downlink slots may comprise a thirdslot occurring within a duration from the first slot.

In an embodiment, the wireless device may determine the duration basedon a number of schedulable PDSCHs by the single DCI.

In an embodiment, the configuration parameters may indicate the numberof schedulable PDSCHs.

In an embodiment, the wireless device may determine the duration basedon a number of the one or more first SPS PDSCHs.

In an embodiment, the wireless device may determine the duration basedon a number of the one or more first time domain resources.

In an embodiment, the wireless device may generate the one or more HARQbits comprise generating each HARQ bit, of the one or more HARQ bits,for one or more second downlink slots of the one or more downlink slots.A SPS PDSCH, of the one or more second SPS PDSCHs is scheduled, withoutdropping, via the one or more second downlink slots.

In an embodiment, the wireless device may determine first bit of the oneor more HARQ bits maps to earliest SPS PDSCH, scheduled withoutdropping, of the one or more second SPS PDSCHs.

In an embodiment, the wireless device may determine last bit of the oneor more HARQ bits maps to latest SPS PDSCH, scheduled without dropping,of the one or more second SPS PDSCHs.

In an embodiment, the generating the one or more HARQ bits may comprisegenerating a HARQ bit for one or more second downlink slots of the oneor more downlink slots. For example, last SPS PDSCH, of the one or moresecond SPS PDSCHs may be scheduled via the one or more second downlinkslots.

In an embodiment, the wireless device may generate one or more secondHARQ bits for one or more third SPS PDSCHs of the one or more second SPSPDSCHs. The one or more third SPS PDSCHs may comprise a SPS PDSCHscheduled without being dropped and the one or more third SPS PDSCHs donot comprise the last SPS PDSCH.

In an embodiment, the one or more HARQ bits may be the one or moresecond HARQ bits in response to the last SPS PDSCH being dropped. one ormore HARQ bits may be determined based on concatenating the one or moresecond HARQ bits and the HARQ bit in response to the last SPS PDSCHbeing scheduled without being dropped

In an embodiment, first bit of the one or more second HARQ bits maycorrespond to earliest SPS PDSCH of the one or more third SPS PDSCHs.

In an embodiment, last bit of the one or more second HARQ bits maycorrespond to latest SPS PDSCH of the one or more third SPS PDSCHs.

In an example, a wireless device may receive a DCI indicating activatinga semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configuration with a periodicity. TheDCI may further indicate first resources for one or more first SPSPDSCHs. The DCI may further indicate a downlink assignment index (DAI).The DCI may further indicate an offset to a hybrid-automatic repeatrequest (HARQ) feedback resource.

The wireless device may determine second resources for one or moresecond SPS PDSCHs, based on the first resources and the periodicity. Thewireless device may determine a second HARQ feedback resource based onlast SPS PDSCH, of the one or more second PDSCHs, and the offset. Thewireless device may determine one or more downlink slots, for the secondHARQ feedback resource, based on the second resources. The wirelessdevice may generate one or more HARQ bits based on the one or moredownlink slots and the one or more second SPS PDSCHs. The wirelessdevice may transmit the one or more HARQ bits via the second HARQfeedback resource.

In an example, a wireless device may receive a DCI indicating activatinga semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configuration with a periodicity. TheDCI may indicate first resources for one or more first SPS PDSCHs, adownlink assignment index (DAI); and an offset to a hybrid-automaticrepeat request (HARQ) feedback resource.

The wireless device may determine second resources for one or moresecond SPS PDSCHs, based on the first resources and the periodicity. Thewireless device may determine a second HARQ feedback resource based onlast SPS PDSCH, of the one or more second PDSCHs, and the offset. Thewireless device may determine a downlink, for the second HARQ feedbackresource, based on the offset and the last SPS PDSCH. The wirelessdevice may generate one or more HARQ bits based on the downlink slot andthe one or more second SPS PDSCHs. The wireless device may transmit theone or more HARQ bits via the second HARQ feedback resource.

In an embodiment, the wireless device may generate a HARQ bit for thedownlink slot of the last SPS PDSCH.

In an embodiment, the wireless device may generate one or more secondHARQ bits for one or more third SPS PDSCHs of the one or more second SPSPDSCHs. For example, the one or more third SPS PDSCHs may comprise a SPSPDSCH scheduled without being dropped and the one or more third SPSPDSCHs do not comprise the last SPS PDSCH.

In an embodiment, the one or more HARQ bits may be the one or moresecond HARQ bits in response to the last SPS PDSCH being dropped.

In an embodiment, the one or more HARQ bits may be based onconcatenating the one or more second HARQ bits and the HARQ bit inresponse to the last SPS PDSCH being scheduled without being dropped.

In an embodiment, first bit of the one or more second HARQ bitscorresponds to earliest SPS PDSCH of the one or more third SPS PDSCHs.

In an embodiment, last bit of the one or more second HARQ bitscorresponds to latest SPS PDSCH of the one or more third SPS PDSCHs.

In an example, a wireless device may receive a first DCI indicatingactivating a first semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configuration with afirst periodicity. The first DCI may further indicate first resourcesfor one or more first SPS PDSCHs; and a first offset to ahybrid-automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback resource. The wirelessdevice may receive a second DCI indicating activating a second SPSconfiguration with a second periodicity. The second DCI may furtherindicate second resources for a second SPS PDSCH; and a second offset toa second HARQ feedback resource.

The wireless device may determine third resources for one or more thirdSPS PDSCHs, based on the first resources and the first periodicity. Thewireless device may determine fourth resources for a fourth SPS PDSCHbased on the second resources and the second periodicity. The wirelessdevice may determine a third HARQ feedback resource based on last SPSPDSCH, of the one or more second PDSCHs, and the first offset; andfourth SPS PDSCH and the second offset.

The wireless device may generate a first HARQ sub-codebook for the oneor more third SPS PDSCHs. The wireless device may generate second HARQsub-codebook for the fourth SPS PDSCH. The wireless device may appendthe first HARQ sub-codebook to the second HARQ sub-codebook. Thewireless device may transmit the appended second HARQ sub-codebook viathe third HARQ feedback resource.

In an embodiment, the wireless device may determine a HARQ codebookcomprising the first HARQ sub-codebook and the second HARQ sub-codebook.The wireless device may place the second HARQ sub-codebook before thefirst HARQ sub-codebook in the HARQ codebook.

In an embodiment, the second HARQ sub-codebook may be for one or moreDCIs scheduling a PDSCH. For example, a DCI of the one or more DCIs maycomprise a first counter downlink assignment index (DAI) based on afirst DAI procedure. The second HARQ sub-codebook may be determinedbased on the first DAI procedure.

In an embodiment, the first HARQ sub-codebook may be for one or moresecond DCIs scheduling one or more PDSCHs by a single DCI. For example,a DCI of the one or more second DCIs may comprise a second DAI based ona second DAI procedure. The first HARQ sub-codebook may be determinedbased on the second DAI procedure.

What is claimed is:
 1. A method comprising: transmitting, by a basestation to a wireless device, configuration parameters forsemi-persistent scheduling (SPS), indicating periodic downlink resourcesfor SPS physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmissions;transmitting, to the wireless device, a downlink control information(DCI) indicating: an activation of the periodic downlink resources; aPUCCH resource for receiving feedback information corresponding to aplurality of SPS PDSCH transmissions via the periodic downlinkresources; and a total downlink assignment index (DAI) incremented basedon a number of the plurality of SPS PDSCH transmissions corresponding tothe PUCCH resource; and receiving, from the wireless device via thePUCCH resource, feedback information bits for the plurality of SPS PDSCHtransmissions based on the total DAI.
 2. The method of claim 1, whereintwo or more of the periodic downlink resources are used for theplurality of SPS PDSCH transmissions.
 3. The method of claim 1, wherein:the PUCCH resource is of a first cell operating at a first subcarrierspacing; and the periodic downlink resources are of a second celloperating at a second subcarrier spacing different from the firstsubcarrier spacing.
 4. The method of claim 3, wherein: the feedbackinformation bits are for the SPS PDSCH transmissions in downlink slots,of the second cell, that overlap with a first uplink slot of the firstcell; the PUCCH resource is in a second uplink slot, of the first cell,that is a number of slots after the first uplink slot; and the number ofslots is a slot offset indicated by the DCI.
 5. The method of claim 4,wherein the feedback information bits do not correspond to the SPS PDSCHtransmissions, in the downlink slots of the second cell, that occurafter the first uplink slot of the first cell.
 6. The method of claim 3,wherein the feedback information bits comprise at least one feedbackinformation bit for an earliest SPS PDSCH transmission among the SPSPDSCH transmissions in downlink slots, of the second cell, that overlapwith a first uplink slot of the first cell.
 7. The method of claim 6,wherein the feedback information bits do not correspond to remaining SPStransmissions, other than the earliest SPS PDSCH transmission, thatoverlap with the first uplink slot.
 8. The method of claim 3, whereinthe second subcarrier spacing is larger than the first subcarrierspacing.
 9. The method of claim 3, further comprising: transmitting anearliest SPS PDSCH transmission, of the SPS PDSCH transmissions, in adownlink slot of the second cell; and transmitting one or more remainingSPS transmissions, of the SPS PDSCH transmissions other than theearliest SPS PDSCH transmission, in one or more downlink slots of thesecond cell based on a periodicity, for the SPS, indicated by theconfiguration parameters.
 10. The method of claim 3, wherein the DCIcomprises a counter DAI that is not incremented based on the number ofSPS PDSCH transmissions.
 11. A base station comprising: one or moreprocessors; and memory storing instructions that, when executed by theone or more processors, cause the base station to: transmit, to awireless device, configuration parameters for semi-persistent scheduling(SPS), indicating periodic downlink resources for SPS physical downlinkshared channel (PDSCH) transmissions; transmit, to the wireless device,a downlink control information (DCI) indicating: an activation of theperiodic downlink resources; a PUCCH resource for receiving feedbackinformation corresponding to a plurality of SPS PDSCH transmissions viathe periodic downlink resources; and a total downlink assignment index(DAI) incremented based on a number of the plurality of SPS PDSCHtransmissions corresponding to the PUCCH resource; and receive, from thewireless device via the PUCCH resource, feedback information bits forthe plurality of SPS PDSCH transmissions based on the total DAI.
 12. Thebase station of claim 11, wherein two or more of the periodic downlinkresources are used for the plurality of SPS PDSCH transmissions.
 13. Thebase station of claim 11, wherein: the PUCCH resource is of a first celloperating at a first subcarrier spacing; and the periodic downlinkresources are of a second cell operating at a second subcarrier spacingdifferent from the first subcarrier spacing.
 14. The base station ofclaim 13, wherein: the feedback information bits are for the SPS PDSCHtransmissions in downlink slots, of the second cell, that overlap with afirst uplink slot of the first cell; the PUCCH resource is in a seconduplink slot, of the first cell, that is a number of slots after thefirst uplink slot; the number of slots is a slot offset indicated by theDCI; and the feedback information bits do not correspond to the SPSPDSCH transmissions, in the downlink slots of the second cell, thatoccur after the first uplink slot of the first cell.
 15. The basestation of claim 13, wherein the feedback information bits comprise atleast one feedback information bit for an earliest SPS PDSCHtransmission among the SPS PDSCH transmissions in downlink slots, of thesecond cell, that overlap with a first uplink slot of the first cell.16. The base station of claim 15, wherein the feedback information bitsdo not correspond to remaining SPS transmissions, other than theearliest SPS PDSCH transmission, that overlap with the first uplinkslot.
 17. The base station of claim 13, wherein the second subcarrierspacing is larger than the first subcarrier spacing.
 18. The basestation of claim 13, wherein the instructions further cause the basestation to: transmit an earliest SPS PDSCH transmission, of the SPSPDSCH transmissions, in a downlink slot of the second cell; and transmitone or more remaining SPS transmissions, of the SPS PDSCH transmissionsother than the earliest SPS PDSCH transmission, in one or more downlinkslots of the second cell based on a periodicity, for the SPS, indicatedby the configuration parameters.
 19. The base station of claim 13,wherein the DCI comprises a counter DAI that is not incremented based onthe number of SPS PDSCH transmissions.
 20. A system comprising: a basestation comprising one or more first processors and memory storinginstructions that, when executed by the one or more first processors,cause the base station to: transmit configuration parameters forsemi-persistent scheduling (SPS), indicating periodic downlink resourcesfor SPS physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmissions; transmita downlink control information (DCI) indicating: an activation of theperiodic downlink resources; a PUCCH resource for receiving feedbackinformation corresponding to a plurality of SPS PDSCH transmissions viathe periodic downlink resources; and a total downlink assignment index(DAI) incremented based on a number of the plurality of SPS PDSCHtransmissions corresponding to the PUCCH resource; and receive, via thePUCCH resource, feedback information bits for the plurality of SPS PDSCHtransmissions based on the total DAI; and a wireless device comprisingone or more second processors and memory storing instructions that, whenexecuted by the one or more second processors, cause the wireless deviceto: receive, from the base station, the configuration parameters;receive, from the base station, the DCI; and transmit, to the basestation via the PUCCH resource, the feedback information bits.